Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering alcoholic, gets invited to a party.
我们来假设一下这样一个情景，卡罗尔，一个正在康复中的嗜酒者，被邀情去参加一场聚会。
"She's a recovering alcoholic," Scott explains.
“她正在戒酒。”斯科特解释说。
But when it comes to inflation, Brazil is a recovering alcoholic.
但是提及通货膨胀，巴西就像一个恢复中的酒鬼。
Like a recovering alcoholic, he admits this frailty so that he can guard against it.
就像恢复健康的酗酒者，他承认了这一弱点以便自己能防范它。
Act like a recovering alcoholic, for whom a single drink will start it all over again.
做的像个恢复中的酒鬼，因为一点酒精会让一切重新再来。
"She's a recovering alcoholic," Scott explains. "My dad's broke and lives in the Bronx. They have their own issues."
“她正在戒酒。”斯科特解释说。“我父亲住在布朗克斯，他破产了。他们都有自己的烂摊子。”
I think I was like a recovering alcoholic who needed beer in the house just to prove that he could resist temptation.
这就好像戒掉酒的酒鬼在房间里放着一杯酒，来证明他可以抗拒这个诱惑。
When critics say he is in denial, he agrees. But it is healthy self-denial, he says, which he likens to a recovering alcoholic resisting a drink.
有批评家说他是在自我弃绝，他表示同意，不过他说，这是一种健康的自我弃绝，他将其比作戒了酒之后的酒鬼在抵制酒的诱惑。
Bush, who quit drinking after his 40th birthday, also listens to recovering alcoholic George Jones, a country singer who sings about heartbreak and drinking.
布什在过了40岁生日之后就戒了酒，但是他还听乡村歌手乔治·琼斯的歌，后者可是一位酒瘾复发者，老唱一些有关借酒浇愁的悲苦情歌。
Boutaris was a businessman before he got into politics, and he still owns one of the country's leading wineries (although, as a recovering alcoholic, he can no longer drink his own vintages).
进入政界之前，布塔利斯是个生意人，现在他仍然拥有该国最顶尖的酿酒厂之一(不过，他过去纵酒过度，现在正在戒酒，不能再享用自己的陈年佳酿了)。
Boutaris was a businessman before he got into politics, and he still owns one of the country's leading wineries (although, as a recovering alcoholic, he can no longer drink his own vintages).
进入政界之前，布塔利斯是个生意人，现在他仍然拥有该国最顶尖的酿酒厂之一(不过，他过去纵酒过度，现在正在戒酒，不能再享用自己的陈年佳酿了)。
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