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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hubert had been an inveterate hunter.
  休伯特是个耽于打猎的人。
• An inveterate dislike of foreign customs
  对外国风俗根深蒂固的厌恶
• 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。
• 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