habitual
音标:
英音/ həˈbɪtʃuəl / 美音/ həˈbɪtʃuəl /
听听基本释意:
外刊例句:
“Locked in their habitual debates, the two parties are often blind to common sense solutions. This formula has left them barely able to govern,” Mr. Kennedy said in a written personal statement.
“两党陷入习惯性辩论,往往对常识性解决方案视而不见。这种模式让他们几乎无法执政,”肯尼迪先生在一份书面个人声明中说道。
—Washington Times
Mr Sherborne told the High Court one of the most “serious and troubling” features of the case is the extent to which “widespread, habitual and unlawful” activities were “authorised at the highest level”.
舍伯恩先生告诉高等法院,该案最“严重和令人不安”的特征之一是“广泛、惯常和非法”活动得到“最高层授权”的程度。
—BBC
It is now habitual and every player that comes into the England squad is a winner and buys into that culture she has created.
现在这已成为习惯,每一位进入英格兰队的球员都是胜利者,并接受她创造的文化。
—BBC
基本释意:
adjective
commonly used or practiced; usual
习惯性的,惯常的;上瘾的
同义词:
accustomed,customary,wonted
短释义:
Habitual is the adjective form of habit, which comes from the Latin habēre, which meant the mode of one’s being, and often referred to the mode of dress. Now habit means anything you do repeatedly — your habitual actions. Perhaps you have a habitual preference for cheeseburgers, which you eat at your habitual restaurant on your habitual Wednesday night out.
如果某件事是习惯性的,那就是你通常做的事情。你惯常穿的牛仔裤和 T 恤可能适合上学,但可以尝试为歌剧而打扮。
长释义:
Habitual is the adjective form of habit, which comes from the Latin habēre, which meant the mode of one’s being, and often referred to the mode of dress. Now habit means anything you do repeatedly — your habitual actions. Perhaps you have a habitual preference for cheeseburgers, which you eat at your habitual restaurant on your habitual Wednesday night out.
Habitual是习惯的形容词形式,源自拉丁语habēre,意思是一个人的存在方式,通常指着装方式。现在习惯意味着你重复做的任何事情——你的习惯性行为。也许您对芝士汉堡有一种习惯性偏好,您会在周三晚上外出时在常去的餐厅吃芝士汉堡。
文学例句:
He gazed upon her as they went on–when she was not looking that way–he watched her countenance, the habitual expression of the features, and the varying expression which every emotion produced.
当他们继续前行时,他注视着她——当她不那样看时——他注视着她的面容,五官的习惯性表情,以及每种情绪所产生的不同表情。
—The Smuggler: (Vol’s I-III)
A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
There was something habitual about it, as if they had had different variations of this conversation so many times that they knew just when to laugh.
这其中有一些习惯性的东西,就好像他们已经多次对这种谈话进行过不同的变体,以至于他们知道什么时候该笑。
—Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Some of their critics, however, maintain that they did not choose subjects who were sufficiently alcoholic to give the injurious results that might legitimately be expected among the offspring of excessive drinkers or habitual drunkards.
然而,他们的一些批评者坚持认为,他们没有选择那些酗酒程度足以产生有害结果的受试者,而这种结果在过度饮酒者或习惯性酗酒者的后代中是合理预期的。
—Being Well-Born
An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.
词源:
habitual (adj.)mid-15c., “customary, belonging to one’s inherent disposition,” from Medieval Latin habitualis “pertaining to habit or dress,” from Latin habitus “condition, appearance, dress,” originally past participle of habere “to have, hold, possess; wear; find oneself, be situated; consider, think, reason, have in mind; manage, keep,” from PIE root *ghabh- “to give or receive.”Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
habitual (adj.)mid-15c.,“习惯性的,属于一个人固有的性格”,源自中世纪拉丁语habitualis“与习惯或服饰有关”,源自拉丁语habitus“状况、外表、服饰”,最初是habere的过去分词“到”拥有、持有、拥有;发现自己、思考、思考、记住;来自 PIE 词根 *ghabh-“给予或接受”。
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