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单词 inveterate
释义
inveterate
adjective
usuallydisapproving
uk
/ɪnˈvet.ər.ət/us
/ɪnˈvet̬.ɚ.ət/
an inveterate liar, gambler, etc.
someone who does something very often and cannotstopdoing it:
积习难改的说谎者／赌徒（等等）
I nevertrustanything he says - the man's an inveterateliar.我从不相信他说的任何话——这人是个老骗子。
Synonym
chronic
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Habitual and customary
  • accustomed
  • all in a day's workidiom
  • as a (general) ruleidiom
  • as a matter of courseidiom
  • as per usual/normalidiom
  • mainstreaming
  • make it a ruleidiom
  • mechanical
  • more often than notidiom
  • natural
  • naturally
  • nine
  • prevail
  • pro forma
  • regulation
  • rule
  • surprise
  • surprise, surpriseidiom
  • trad
  • usu.
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(Definition ofinveteratefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

inveterate| American Dictionary

inveterate
adjective
usuallydisapproving
us
/ɪnˈvet̬·ər·ət/
done as ahabitand notlikelytochange:
an inveterateliar
(Definition ofinveteratefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinveterate

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Since the elite families areinveteraterivals, the alliances are between the elite families and their poorer clients who identify with them.
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Thus, although a world interfered with only by aninveteratebodger is a logical possibility, part of our conceptual background is that our world is not like this.
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The answer lies in the word "inveterate".
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The method of account-keeping had becomeinveteratehabit handed down from generations of hermit-like bursars; he accepted the form of the accounts as being part of the nature of things.
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Being aninveterateborrower, the cliche category has succeeded in making itself into either a treasure trove or a rag bag, depending on your point of view.
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These areinveteratenotions of pedagogical practice.
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Tomsett is aninveteratetouring fan who publishes accounts of all the tours (and single concerts) he attends.
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The rashness and licentiousness of some, and theinveteratesuperstition and stiffness of others in the ancient corruptions, had raised great dissensions to the regret of all christians.
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That metric is neither information nor negentropy, for theseinveterateyet qualitative terms cannot be quantified, nor even defined, to everyone's satisfaction in today's scientific community.
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We set the local authorities free to deal with that oldinveterateevil of the slums.
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You have to start analysing invoices—and farmers areinveteratebuyers for cash and very likely have not got detailed invoices.
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He added that both he and his fellow sponsors had no great interest in trying to dissuadeinveteratesmokers of adult years.
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The need for the power has been proved and established, especially in the cases of theinveterateand deliberate offenders among barrow hawkers.
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It will appeal to those other people who areinveterategamblers.
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I must confess to being aninveteratesquare hopper.
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