drunkenness

drunkenness.

1. A state of intoxication; inebriation; the condition resulting from a person’s ingestion of excessive amounts of intoxicating liquors sufficient to affect the person’s normal capacity for rational thought and conduct.

2. A habitual state of intoxication. [Cases: Chemical Dependents

1. C.J.S. Chemical Dependents §§ 2–3.]

excessive drunkenness. A state of drunkenness in which a person is so far deprived of reason and understanding that he or she is incapable of understanding the character and consequences of an act.

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资深译员玉晶，毕业于国内顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各类与环境、安全与健康相关的法律文件。