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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hubert had been an inveterate hunter.
  休伯特是个耽于打猎的人。