inveterate

英 [ɪnˈvetərət]

美 [ɪnˈvetərət]

adj.  积习难改的; 有…瘾的; 长期形成的; 根深蒂固的

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BNC.21865 / COCA.24646

牛津词典

adj.

• 积习难改的；有…瘾的
  always doing sth or enjoying sth, and unlikely to stop
  1. an inveterate liar
     积习难改的说谎者
• 长期形成的；根深蒂固的
  done or felt for a long time and unlikely to change
  1. inveterate hostility
     根深蒂固的敌意

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 积习不改的;上瘾的;根深蒂固的
  If you describe someone as, for example, aninveterateliar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it.
  1. ...an inveterate gambler.
     嗜赌成性的赌徒
  2. ...the inveterate laziness of these boys.
     这些男孩子懒惰成性

英英释义

adj

• habitual
  1. a chronic smoker
  Synonym:chronic

adv

• in a habitual and longstanding manner
  1. smoking chronically
  Synonym:chronically

双语例句

• His system was widely taken up until Sir Francis Galton, a colleague, rival and inveterate classifier, realised the individualising potential of fingerprints.
  这个系统曾被广泛使用。后来，阿方斯的同事兼对手弗朗西斯·高尔顿，一个分类成癖的家伙，意识到指纹在身份识别中有巨大的潜力。
• When you are happy, you feel contented. You should also feel contented when you are unhappy. Be always full of zest and happiness will become an inveterate habit.
  快乐时固然知足，不快乐时也要知足。时时热情洋溢，快乐就会成为戒不掉的习惯。
• If we remain inveterate smokers, I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.
  如果我们烟瘾大，戒不掉，戒烟者通常具有的所有症状我都占全了：脾气暴躁，食欲旺盛。
• The inveterate spending habits of rich American households are financed by the thrift of poor Chinese peasants.
  美国富裕家庭根深蒂固的消费习惯，是靠中国穷苦农民的节俭来资助的。
• Their inveterate distrust and hatred of strangers.
  他们对陌生人根深蒂固难以改变的怀疑和憎恨。
• Gamers have conceived any number of arguments to convince their parents to buy them a computer, but one of the more inveterate tactics is to claim that it will be used purely for educational purposes.
  “给我买台电脑吧，我保证只用它学习”，小玩家们一般都会找这样的借口试图让自己的家长给自己买电脑。
• I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur.
  有时有人说我惯于装模作样。
• Hubert had been an inveterate hunter.
  休伯特是个耽于打猎的人。
• JOHN McCAIN, an enthusiastic gambler and inveterate collector of lucky charms, has the luck of the devil.
  麦凯恩，一个豪情赌客，他似有幸运之符附身，总是好运齐天。
• Some people remain inveterate smokers, it is only because they have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
  一些人是吸烟癖者，这只是因为他们他们经历了太多的失败的挫折。