drunk driver
noun [ C ] uk/ˌdrʌŋk ˈdraɪ.vər/ us/ˌdrʌŋk ˈdraɪ.vɚ/ (also drunken driver, /ˌdrʌŋ.kən ˈdraɪ.vər/ /ˌdrʌŋ.kən ˈdraɪ.vɚ/); (UK also drink driver)
醉酒司机，酒后驾车者
someone who drives a vehicle after drinking too much alcohol
He died after being hit by a drunk driver. 他被酒后驾车的司机撞死。
The new law increased prison terms for drunken drivers involved in fatal accidents. 新法延长了醉酒驾驶致死事故的刑期。
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- The vast majority of alcohol-related accidents involved drunk drivers, he says.
- Last October, a car he was driving was struck head-on by a drunk driver.
- I think you have a bigger chance of being hit by a car with a drunk driver without insurance than you do of being killed in a plane crash.
- We will take a zero-tolerance approach to drunken drivers.