Confucianists spoke of moderation while Daoists preached enlightenment through drunkenness.

儒家讲中庸，道家讲通过醉酒开悟。

Public displays of drunkenness were a source of great humiliation.

当众酗酒是极大的耻辱。

A great city with laws Against drunkenness, theft and adultery.

这是一个以法律来规制 酗酒 偷窃和通奸行为的伟大城市。

But he never rules on whether drunkenness is right or wrong.

但他从不对饮酒是对是错下定论。

Finally, as the liver's breakdown of alcohol outpaces the brain's absorption, drunkenness fades away.

最后，当肝脏分解酒精的速度超过了大脑吸收的速度，醉意就逐渐散去了。

She had a terrified thought that he was drunk and Melanie was afraid of drunkenness.

她觉得他是喝醉了，而她最害怕是醉汉。

In fact, he says he's been experiencing sudden and unexplained bouts of drunkenness for years.

其实，他说多年来，自己一直在经历突然而无法解释的醉酒感。

And it felt a little like drunkenness, just making bad decisions, just fluidity, lack of solidity.

有时又像是醉酒的感觉，我无法作出正确的选择，一切都随波逐流，毫无立足点。

So, this kind of drunkenness is a rejection of life by an embrace of a mind-altering substance.

所以这种醉酒是对生活的拒绝，是对精神改变物质的拥抱。

Without a doubt, drunkenness by substances is an experience that many people regard as a joie de vivre.

毫无疑问，醉酒是一种许多人认为是生活乐趣的体验。