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.

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. ADJ 积习不改的;上瘾的;根深蒂固的
    If you describe someone as, for example, an inveterate liar 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

双语例句

  1. I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur.
    有时有人说我惯于装模作样。
  2. She is an inveterate reader of silly love stories.
    她长年不变地读愚蠢的爱情小说。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. The persistent and unilateral action taken by the White House to slap 'sanctions' against the DPRK patently proves that it is still not away from inveterate repugnancy and hostility towards the DPRK, it said on Sunday.
    美国白宫为‘制裁’朝鲜所持续采取的单方面行动,显然证明美国仍然没有消除对朝鲜根深蒂固的憎恶和敌意。
  7. Hubert had been an inveterate hunter.
    休伯特是个耽于打猎的人。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. An inveterate smoker, drinker, gambler, liar, etc.
    积习已久的烟鬼、酒徒、赌棍、撒谎家等。
  11. 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
  12. 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。
  13. Some people remain inveterate smokers, it is only because they have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
    一些人是吸烟癖者,这只是因为他们他们经历了太多的失败的挫折。
  14. 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。
  15. The inveterate spending habits of rich American households are financed by the thrift of poor Chinese peasants.
    美国富裕家庭根深蒂固的消费习惯,是靠中国穷苦农民的节俭来资助的。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. An inveterate dislike of foreign customs
    对外国风俗根深蒂固的厌恶
  21. 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。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. 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。
  29. Be always full of zest and happiness will become an inveterate habit.
    想要更加快乐,就把你的快乐与人分享。
  30. These enlightened thinkers demote and animadvert on the Chinese nationality usually from their own benefit, but they indeed open out the inveterate habit and shortcoming of Chinese.
    虽然,这些启蒙思想家大多出于自身的需要对中国国民性进行无情地贬斥和批判,但是在很大程度上却揭示了中国国民的痼习和缺点,其思想发人深思。

英英释义

adj

  1. habitual
    1. a chronic smoker

    Synonym:    chronic

adv

  1. in a habitual and longstanding manner
    1. smoking chronically

    Synonym:    chronically