as is somebody’s wont old-fashionedUSUALLYused to say that it is someone’s habit to do something 就像某人惯常那样
He spoke for too long, as is his wont.
他像平常一样讲了太长的时间。
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as is somebody’s wont• As was his wont, Churchill drankscotch with water, but no ice.• Organic causes were ruled out so, as is his wont, he sat down and talked to her.
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wont• Organic causes were ruled out so, as is his wont, he sat down and talked to her.• Desmond Seymour-Strachey sat, accepting the bustle, as was his wont.• His horriblewont was to envelop his victim with his wings and suffocate him to death.
wont2adjectiveadj formal
be wont to do something formalPROBABLYto be likely to do something 惯于做某事
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be wont to do something• Hapsburg officers, especially hussars, were wont toplease themselves what they wore.• Be still, my beating heart, as T. Wogan was wont to say.• It was not often that the High King searched me for truth as he was wont to search lesser men.• Indeed Bourdieu is wont to speak of functions or their functionalequivalent.• It transpired that there was a secluded roof on her house where she was wont tosunbathe totally naked.• Ickes is wont toyawn in mid-conversation.
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wont• The theist thereby comes to justify as a paradox what the atheist is wont to dismiss as a confusion.• It could be catastrophic if he started giving himself airs, as tenors are wont to do.• Be still, my beatingheart, as T. Wogan was wont to say.• Ickes is wont to yawn in mid-conversation.
Originwont2
(1100-1200) Past participle of wone“to be used to doing something”((11-17 centuries)), from Old Englishwunian“to live in a place, be used to”