（一）小醉、微醺：

1. tipsy :

例：

I got a little tipsy at the party last night. （我在昨晚的派对上有点喝醉了。）

After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy. （喝了两杯，我已经有点儿醉了。）

We went out to dinner, got a little tipsy, and ended up at my place. （我们出去吃饭，喝了点酒，最后在我家睡了。）

2. buzzed : feeling slightly drunk

备注： ''buzzed'' 常用于美式英语的口语中。

例：

This stuff is strong - I'm already a little buzzed. （这酒太烈了，我已经有点儿醉了。）

3. mellow : relaxed from drinking alcohol or using drugs

例：

She wasn't drunk yet, but she was feeling nice and mellow and happy. （她没有喝醉，但是感觉飘飘然很开心。）

After a couple of drinks, we all started feeling pretty mellow. （几杯酒下肚，我们都觉得飘起来了。）

（二）喝醉：

1. drunk : someone who is drunk has drunk too much alcohol and cannot think clearly or behave sensibly

例：

She was so drunk she could hardly stand up. （她喝得太醉了，差点站不起来了。）

Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night. （盖瑞那晚喝太多了，记不起当时发生的事。）

2. pissed : drunk - many people consider this to be an impolite word

备注： ''pissed'' 用于英式英语的口语中表示“喝醉”，用于美式英语中表示“生气”。

例：

Every time she goes to a party she gets pissed. （她每次去参加派对都要喝醉。）

Don't listen to him - he's pissed. （别听他的，他喝醉了。）

They went to the pub and got completely pissed. （他们去酒吧喝得不省人事。）

3. have had too much to drink/have had one too many : to have drunk too much alcohol so that you feel very drunk or sick

例：

I'd better take Kate home - she's had too much to drink. （我还是送凯特回家吧，她喝高了。）

He usually has one too many and starts making a fool of himself. （他常常喝醉酒出洋相。）

4. drunken : a drunken person is drunk and their drunken behavior shows that they are drunk

备注： ''drunken'' 常用作定语，常用于书面语中。

例：

A couple of drunken sailors were arguing with a policeman outside the bar. （酒吧外，几个喝醉酒的水手和警察在争吵。）

drunken brawl (=a fight between people who are drunk)

A drunken brawl broke out at the bar. （酒吧里有人酒后闹事。）

in a drunken stupor (=almost unconscious as a result of being drunk)

He fell into a drunken stupor. （他醉得不省人事摔倒了。）

We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor. （我们看见他倒在路边，醉得不省人事。）

5. intoxicated : drunk - use this especially in legal, official, and medical contexts

备注： ''intoxicated'' 是正式的用法，常用于正式文件中。

例：

He was found guilty of driving while intoxicated. （他酒驾被抓。）

Our policy is not to serve alcohol to anyone who is already intoxicated. （我们的规矩是，不能再卖酒给已经喝醉的人。）

6. have been drinking : use this about someone who you know has been drinking alcohol because they are behaving as if they were drunk or because you can smell alcohol on their breath

例：

Have you guys been drinking all day? （你们喝了一整天了？）

She answered the door in her bathrobe and I could tell she'd been drinking. （她穿着浴袍来开门，浑身酒气。）

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