词汇 | inveterately |
释义 | inveterately adverb formal usually disapprovinguk /ɪnˈvet.ər.ət.li/ us /ɪnˈvet̬.ɚ.ət.li/ in a way that shows a lack of willingness or ability to change, or to stop doing something: Throughout his life he gambled inveterately on horses. Both women were inveterately flirtatious. He found them inveterately hostile, despite all his attempts to conciliate them. On the top is a wooden tunnel, which the inveterately curious animals cannot resist entering. I have been inveterately loyal and willing to take grave risks which could even lead to the end of my career. Habitual and customary accustomed all in a day's workidiom as a (general) ruleidiom as a matter of courseidiom as per usual/normalidiom inveterate knee-jerk mainstreaming make it a ruleidiom mechanical more often than notidiom nine per prevail pro forma regulation rule surprise surprise, surpriseidiom trad |
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