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

• And I am convinced, too, that I should become an inveterate window shopper, for it must be a delight to the eye to view the myriad articles of beauty on display.
  我也相信，我也会成为一个有瘾的橱窗浏览者，因为看那陈列的无数美好的商品一定是赏心悦目之事。
• An inveterate smoker, drinker, gambler, liar, etc.
  积习已久的烟鬼、酒徒、赌棍、撒谎家等。
• Clinical Observation on Treatment of Inveterate Knee Osteoarthropathy by the Combination of Both Warming Needle Moxibustion and ChronoMedicine
  温针灸配合时间医学治疗顽固性膝骨关节炎临床观察
• Marcovaldo the irrepressible dreamer, Marcovaldo the inveterate schemer.
  天生的梦想家马可瓦多，智多星马可瓦多。
• For a nation that has prided itself on its inveterate optimism and the belief that each generation would be better off than the last, negative sentiment about the future is the new normal.
  美国人曾自豪于其根深蒂固的乐观精神，坚信每一代人都会过得比上一代人更好，但如今美国人对未来的负面情绪成了新常态。
• He carried his hands in his pockets, and there was something in the way he did it that showed the habit was inveterate.
  他的手一直插在裤袋里。从他的姿式看，这已成为他根深蒂固的习惯。
• 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。
• 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。
• Simon was an inveterate fisherman, well known for exaggerating the size of "the one that got away".
  西蒙是个老练的渔夫。人们都熟知他爱吹嘘“跑掉的那条”鱼的尺寸。
• Being an inveterate stickler for the rules, I tried to point out to the accommodating cop that what we were doing was against the law.
  作为一名积习难改的守法者，我试着向那位好心通融的警察指出，我们这样做是违法的。