adj. 根深蒂固的,长期形成的,积重难返的。 an inveterate conservative 顽固不化的保守派。 an inveterate disease 宿疾,老毛病。 an inveterate enemy 不共戴天的仇敌。 an inveterate habit 积习。 an inveterate smoker 烟瘾很大的人。adv. -ly
He carried his hands in his pockets, and there was something in the way he did it that showed the habit was inveterate . 他的手一直插在裤袋里。从他的姿式看,这已成为他根深蒂固的习惯。
If we remain inveterate smokers , it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure . 假如我们仍有根深蒂固的抽烟习惯,这仅仅是因为我们一次次经历了由戒烟失败所导致的挫折。
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。
Poe and henry james after him have pointed out this inveterate weakness of dressing up characters to exemplify a theme that is often quite incompatible with "actuality" . 坡和后来的亨利詹姆斯都指摘过这个根深蒂固的缺点:把人物装扮起来说明一个主题,而这个主题往往和现实格格不入。
Many inveterate smokers are never able to quit completely 许多烟瘾大的人没有能力彻底戒烟。