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wean someone off something
phrasal verb with weanverb[ T ]uk /wiːn/ us /wiːn/
(US alsowean someone from something)
to make someone gradually stop using something that is bad for them: 使（某人）逐渐戒掉;使（某人）脱离
It's difficult to wean addicts off cocaine once they're hooked.一旦对可卡因上了瘾，就很难戒掉。
The whole scheme is intended to wean people off welfare dependency.整个计划旨在使人们摆脱对福利的依赖。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing something to end
abandon
abandonment
all good things (must) come to an endidiom
and have done with itidiom
be over the humpidiom
cure
give over
halt
hang
jack something in
kill something stone-deadidiom
lay
lid
lift
snap
snuff something out
stamp on something
stamp something out
stanch
staunch
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