| 词汇 | inveterate |
| 释义 | inveterate adjective usually disapprovinguk /ɪnˈvet.ər.ət/ us /ɪnˈvet̬.ɚ.ət/ an inveterate liar, gambler, etc. someone who does something very often and cannot stop doing it: 积习难改的说谎者／赌徒（等等） I never trust anything he says - the man's an inveterate liar.我从不相信他说的任何话——这人是个老骗子。 Synonym chronic Habitual and customary accustomed all in a day's workidiom as a (general) ruleidiom as a matter of courseidiom as per usual/normalidiom inveterately knee-jerk mainstreaming make it a ruleidiom mechanical more often than notidiom nine per prevail pro forma regulation rule surprise surprise, surpriseidiom trad inveterate | American Dictionaryinveterate adjective usually disapprovingus/ɪnˈvet̬·ər·ət/ done as a habit and not likely to change: an inveterate liar Examples of inveterateinveterate Since the elite families are inveterate rivals, the alliances are between the elite families and their poorer clients who identify with them. Thus, although a world interfered with only by an inveterate bodger is a logical possibility, part of our conceptual background is that our world is not like this. The answer lies in the word "inveterate". The method of account-keeping had become inveterate habit handed down from generations of hermit-like bursars; he accepted the form of the accounts as being part of the nature of things. Being an inveterate borrower, the cliche category has succeeded in making itself into either a treasure trove or a rag bag, depending on your point of view. These are inveterate notions of pedagogical practice. Tomsett is an inveterate touring fan who publishes accounts of all the tours (and single concerts) he attends. The rashness and licentiousness of some, and the inveterate superstition and stiffness of others in the ancient corruptions, had raised great dissensions to the regret of all christians. That metric is neither information nor negentropy, for these inveterate yet qualitative terms cannot be quantified, nor even defined, to everyone's satisfaction in today's scientific community. We set the local authorities free to deal with that old inveterate evil of the slums. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have to start analysing invoices—and farmers are inveterate buyers for cash and very likely have not got detailed invoices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He added that both he and his fellow sponsors had no great interest in trying to dissuade inveterate smokers of adult years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The need for the power has been proved and established, especially in the cases of the inveterate and deliberate offenders among barrow hawkers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will appeal to those other people who are inveterate gamblers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must confess to being an inveterate square hopper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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