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

• 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。
• She is an inveterate reader of silly love stories.
  她长年不变地读愚蠢的爱情小说。
• An inveterate smoker, drinker, gambler, liar, etc.
  积习已久的烟鬼、酒徒、赌棍、撒谎家等。
• 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。
• Rich mineral reserves of rare earth in China, selling raw materials became the inveterate disease of rare earth production.
  求翻译题目和摘要：中国稀土矿产储量丰富，卖原材料一度成为我国稀土生产的痼症。
• An inveterate dislike of foreign customs
  对外国风俗根深蒂固的厌恶
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced.
  让一个嗜烟成性的瘾君子放弃香烟是很困难的。