ha·bit·u·al
adjective/həˈbɪtʃuəl/
/həˈbɪtʃuəl/
- [only before noun] usual for or typical of somebody/something
惯常的;典型的 - They waited for his habitual response.
他们等待着他的一贯反应。 - (formal) a person’s place of habitual residence
某人通常居住的地方 - She sat sipping her habitual cup of tea.
她坐下来喝着她惯常喝的茶。
Extra Examples- He reacted with his habitual cynicism
他以他惯常的愤世嫉俗的态度做出反应 - She reverted to her habitual frown.
她又开始习惯性地紧锁双眉了。
- They waited for his habitual response.
- (of an action) done, often in a way that is annoying or difficult to stop
讨厌的;上瘾的 - habitual complaining
没完没了的抱怨 - the habitual use of heroin
吸食海洛因上瘾
Extra Examples- The mechanic had been dismissed for habitual lateness.
这名技工因老是迟到已被解雇。 - Is habitual drunkenness considered to be grounds for divorce?
经常酗酒可以作为离婚的理由吗?
- habitual complaining
- [only before noun] (of a person) doing something that has become a habit and is therefore difficult to stop
习惯性的;积习很深的 - a habitual criminal/drinker/liar
惯犯/酗酒者/说谎者
Extra Examples- He was a habitual cocaine user.
他服食可卡因上瘾。 - Habitual criminals were required to report once a month to a police station after they were released.
惯犯获释后必须每月到派出所报到一次。
- a habitual criminal/drinker/liar
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘part of one's character’): from medieval Latin habitualis, from habitus ‘condition, appearance’, from habere ‘have, consist of’.