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词汇 habitual
释义

habitual

adjective
/həˈbɪtʃuəl/
/həˈbɪtʃuəl/
  1. [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。
  2. (of an action行为) done, often in a way that is annoying or difficult to stop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?
  3. [only before noun] (of a person) doing something that has become a habit and is therefore difficult to stop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
    Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of habitual and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.
    • 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。
  4. 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’.
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