habitual

Word family

ha·bit·u·al /həˈbɪtʃuəl/ adjectiveadj

1 HABIT[only before noun] doing something from habit, and unable to stop doing it 已成习惯的

habitual criminal/offender 惯犯

habitual drinker/smoker/gambler 酒徒/赌棍等

2 done as a habit that you cannot stop 上瘾的

His drinking had become habitual.

他喝酒已上瘾。

3 [only before noun]TYPICAL usual or typical of someone 习惯(性)的，惯常的

James took his habitual morning walk around the garden.

詹姆斯又像往常习惯的那样绕花园作晨间散步去了。

—habitually adverbadv

men who are habitually violent

经常施暴的男人

Examples from the Corpus

habitual• He watched her intently as she per-formed this habitual act-then climbed into her lap and let her hold him.• What does seem more difficult to believe, however, is that the practice of carrying firearms was habitual among Hooligans.• It is estimated that as many as half the young men in the community are habitual drug users.• My father was a habitual gambler, until my mother packed her bags and threatened to leave.• Tony's habitual laziness became even more extreme in winter, and he would sometimes stay in bed until mid afternoon.• Even close friends considered him a habitual liar.• Many of the prisoners are habitual liars.• Soon you will find that you are taking more time to act, instead of reacting with an habitual response.• She had applied more make-up than usual but with her habitual restraint.• It comes easy to the habitual vagrant; it is well-nigh impossible to the inexperienced.• The habitual violence of the time was tamed somewhat when the Shoguns settled in Kyoto, from 1393 to 1576.• Ingrained attitudes and habitual ways of thinking are very difficult to change.

habitual drinker/smoker/gambler• Blood alcohol levels rise at pretty much the same rate in infrequent and habitual drinkers.• Johnstone has confronted his fall from grace with the kind of honest self-awareness that is rare in habitual drinkers.• The court heard that Mantack was a habitual gambler dealing in tens of thousands of pounds.• Many habitual drinkers of caffeine-containing beverages find that they must increase their dose to achieve the preferred degree of stimulation.

ha·bit·u·al adjectiveadj

Chinese

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Corpus

BNC: 11263 COCA: 13451

habitual adj.
⇨ frequent (habitual lateness) ⇨ regular (habitual criminals) ⇨ usual (her habitual frown)

BNC: 11263 COCA: 13451

habitual

Habits and habitual behaviour: habit, routine, daily life...

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