twelve-step
- denoting or relating to a process of recovery from an addiction by following a twelve-stage programme, especially one devised or similar to that devised by Alcoholics Anonymous.
- (of an addict) undergo a twelve-step programme;try to persuade (an addict) to undergo a twelve-step programme
verb: twelve-step, 3rd person present: twelve-steps, gerund or present participle: twelve-stepping, past tense: twelve-stepped, past participle: twelve-stepped
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. denoting or relating to a process of recovery from an addiction by following a twelve-stage programme, especially one devised or similar to that devised by Alcoholics Anonymous.
動詞
- 1. (of an addict) undergo a twelve-step programme she had twelve-stepped when I was young enough not to remember it twelve-stepping is a day-by-day process
- ▪ try to persuade (an addict) to undergo a twelve-step programme the man who twelve stepped me became my sponsor