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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。