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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In international politics inveterate enemies can become allies almost overnight.
  国际政治中，宿敌几乎可以在一夜间就成为盟友。
• In that manner Hareton, who should now be the first gentleman in the neighbourhood, was reduced to a state of complete dependence on his father's inveterate enemy;
  于是，哈里顿原该是附近一带的第一流绅士，却落到完全靠他父亲的多年仇人来养活的地步。
• They both enjoy gossip, are inveterate news hounds and love to involve themselves in all aspects of the production of the news.
  他们都喜欢八卦，有敏锐的新闻嗅觉，喜欢插手新闻产生流程的方方面面。
• An inveterate smoker, drinker, gambler, liar, etc.
  积习已久的烟鬼、酒徒、赌棍、撒谎家等。
• I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur.
  有时有人说我惯于装模作样。
• Nominalists accordingly adopt the opinion that substance is a spurious idea due to our inveterate human trick of turning names into things.
  我们人类有种根深蒂固的习惯，惯于把名称变为实物，因此，唯名主义者才主张说，实体是一个虚假的概念。
• Their inveterate distrust and hatred of strangers.
  他们对陌生人根深蒂固难以改变的怀疑和憎恨。