habitual
adjective /həˈbɪtʃuəl/
/həˈbɪtʃuəl/
- [only before noun] usual for or typical of somebody/something
惯常的;典型的 - They waited for his habitual response.
他们等待着他的一贯反应。 - (formal) a person’s place of habitual residence
某人通常居住的地方 - She sat smoking her habitual cigarette.
她坐着抽她惯常抽的烟。
- He reacted with his habitual cynicism
他以惯常的玩世不恭作为回应 - She reverted to her habitual frown.
她又开始习惯性地紧锁双眉了。
- They waited for his habitual response.
- (of an action
) done, often in a way that is annoying or difficult to stop行为 讨厌的;上瘾的 - habitual complaining
没完没了的抱怨 - the habitual use of heroin
吸食海洛因上瘾
- The mechanic had been dismissed for habitual lateness.
这名技工因老是迟到已被解雇。 - Is habitual drunkenness considered to be grounds for divorce?
习惯性醉酒是否被认为是离婚的理由?
- habitual complaining
- [only before noun] (of a person
) doing something that has become a habit and is therefore difficult to stop人 习惯性的;积习很深的 - a habitual criminal/drinker/liar, etc.
惯犯、嗜酒成性者、习以为常的撒谎者等
- He was a habitual cocaine user.
他服食可卡因上瘾。 - Habitual criminals were required to report once a month to a police station after they were released.
惯犯被释放后,被要求每月向警察局报告一次。
- a habitual criminal/drinker/liar, etc.
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘part of one's character’): from medieval Latin habitualis, from habitus ‘condition, appearance’, from habere ‘have, consist of’.