第一， 迷你對話

A: She looks better recently.

她最近氣色好多了。

B: It’s because she stopped smoking cold turkey.

那是因為她突然戒煙了。

A: Really? It’s not easy.

真的嗎？那可不容易。

第二， 地道表達

cold turkey

1. 解詞釋義

Cold turkey是指吸毒成癮者突然完全戒除毒癮，引申為“突然（戒掉壞習慣，改掉壞毛?。钡囊馑肌?/p>

2. 拓展范例

e.g. The quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey.

要使她擺脫毒品，最快的方法是讓她徹底戒毒。

e.g. She gave up her drinking habit cold turkey and had no ill effects.

她突然戒酒了，而且身體上沒有什么不好的反應。

第三， 視野拓展

相關短語：talk cold turkey：直截了當地，直言不諱地

e.g. Andy dare not talk cold turkey to Mr. Brown that she would like to break up with him.

安迪不敢直截了當地對布朗先生說她要和他分手。

e.g. He talked cold turkey to us that he had been put in prison three years ago.

他直言不諱地跟我們說他三年前蹲過監獄。

e.g. The millionaire talked cold turkey to his extravagant nephew, hinting that he might be disinherited.

那百萬富翁對他揮霍無度的侄兒曉以利害，并暗示其繼承權可能被剝奪。