inveterate

adjective

/ɪnˈvetərət/

[usually before noun] (formal, often disapproving)

(of a person人) always doing something or enjoying something, and unlikely to stop积习难改的；有…瘾的
- an inveterate liar积习难改的说谎者
- He was an inveterate traveller.他是个顽固的旅行者。
(of a bad feeling or habit恶感或陋习) done or felt for a long time and unlikely to change长期形成的；根深蒂固的
- inveterate hostility根深蒂固的敌意

词源late Middle English (referring to disease, in the sense ‘of long standing, chronic’): from Latin inveteratus ‘made old’, past participle of inveterare (based on vetus, veter- ‘old’).

词汇	inveterate
释义	inveterate adjective /ɪnˈvetərət/ /ɪnˈvetərət/ [usually before noun] (formal, often disapproving) (of a person人) always doing something or enjoying something, and unlikely to stop积习难改的；有…瘾的 an inveterate liar积习难改的说谎者 He was an inveterate traveller.他是个顽固的旅行者。 (of a bad feeling or habit恶感或陋习) done or felt for a long time and unlikely to change长期形成的；根深蒂固的 inveterate hostility根深蒂固的敌意词源late Middle English (referring to disease, in the sense ‘of long standing, chronic’): from Latin inveteratus ‘made old’, past participle of inveterare (based on vetus, veter- ‘old’).
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