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

• I happen to be an admirer of the archiving impulse and an inveterate archivist at the household level.
  我是一个崇拜者存档冲动和一个积习已档案保管员在家庭一级。
• When you are happy, you feel contented. You should also feel contented when you are unhappy. Be always full of zest and happiness will become an inveterate habit.
  快乐时固然知足，不快乐时也要知足。时时热情洋溢，快乐就会成为戒不掉的习惯。
• She is an inveterate reader of silly love stories.
  她长年不变地读愚蠢的爱情小说。
• 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。
• JOHN McCAIN, an enthusiastic gambler and inveterate collector of lucky charms, has the luck of the devil.
  麦凯恩，一个豪情赌客，他似有幸运之符附身，总是好运齐天。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。