inveterate

英 [ɪnˈvetərət]

美 [ɪnˈvetərət]

adj. 积习难改的; 有…瘾的; 长期形成的; 根深蒂固的

GRE TEM8 医学

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

I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur.
有时有人说我惯于装模作样。
An inveterate smoker, drinker, gambler, liar, etc.
积习已久的烟鬼、酒徒、赌棍、撒谎家等。
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。
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。
She is an inveterate reader of silly love stories.
她长年不变地读愚蠢的爱情小说。
An inveterate dislike of foreign customs
对外国风俗根深蒂固的厌恶
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。
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。
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。
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。