1usual/regular 通常的/惯常的 [countableC, uncountableU]HABIT something that you do regularly or usually, often without thinking about it because you have done it so many times before 习惯
Regular exercise is a good habit.
经常锻炼是个好习惯。
Thinking negatively can become a habit.
消极的思维方式会成为一种习惯。
She has a habit of playing with her hair when she’s nervous.
她有一个习惯,一紧张就拨弄自己的头发。
Some people drink alcohol as much from habit as from desire.
有些人喝酒既是因为想喝,也是出于习惯。
by/out of/from habit (=because this is what you usually do in this situation) 出于习惯
I did it out of habit.
我这么做是出于习惯。
2drugs 毒品 [countableC]ADDICTED a strong physical need to keep taking a drug regularly 毒瘾
A lot of drug addicts get into petty crime to support their habit.
很多吸毒者为满足毒瘾而犯轻罪。
heroin/cocaine etc habit
His cocaine habit ruined him physically and financially.
他的可卡因瘾搞垮了他的身体,耗光了他的钱财。
3not make a habit of (doing) somethingspokenTELL somebody OFF used to say that someone does not usually do something bad or wrong, or should not do it again 不常做某事;不要养成做某事的习惯
You’re ten minutes late. I hope you’re not going to make a habit of this.
6old habits die hardHABITused to say that it is difficult to make people change their attitudes or behaviour 旧习难改
She knew it probably wasn’t necessary anymore, but old habits die hard.
她知道这也许已经没有必要了,但是旧习难改。
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old habits die hard• It was probably unnecessary, she thought, but old habits died hard.• Things were going well, but old habits die hard.• But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinkinggrossmargins.
7.habit of thought/mindATTITUDEthe way someone usually thinks about something, or their usualattitudes 已成习惯的思维方式/惯常的态度
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habit of thought/mind• Has this become a habit of mind?• But a habit of mind, something much more important, will stay with young people.• If views are similar it's because habits of thought are the same.• This was his habit of mind.• The care of the interiordemands an obsessivehabit of mind.• And such habits of mindsurvive the passage of time.• These habits of thought and action enable a business or work group to take full credit for the triumphs it achieves.• What habits of thought could matter more?
8clothing 衣服 [countableC]DCRR a long loose piece of clothing worn by people in some religious groups 〔某些宗教团体成员穿的〕长袍
custom something that people in a particular society do because it is traditional or the accepted thing to do 〔某一社会的〕风俗,习俗
In Japan, it is the custom to take off your shoes when you enter a house.
在日本,进屋脱鞋是一种风俗习惯。
tradition a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed for a long time 传统
The tradition of giving Easter eggs goes back hundreds of years.
赠送复活节彩蛋的传统可追溯至几百年前。
nIn many countries, it’s a tradition for the bride to wear white.
nIt was a family tradition to go for a walk on Christmas Day.
practice something that people often do, especially as part of their work or daily life 〔尤指工作或日常生活中的〕惯常做法
The hotel has ended the practice of leaving chocolates in guests’ rooms.
该酒店已停止在客房摆放巧克力的做法。
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habit• If you have one or two drinks each day, it soon becomes a habit.• And yet they lacked the most rudimentaryacademichabits.• He has a really annoyinghabit of leaving his clothes all over the floor.• Septimus is trained out of his bad habits in the end, and everyone sleeps happily ever after.• Ever since I was a teenager, I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair.• Don't start smoking - it's a very bad habit.• His cocainehabit was ruining his life.• Today, smoking is really a disruptivehabit.• healthyeatinghabits• People need to change their eating habits and include more fruit and vegetables in their diet.• Peter had some prettyoddhabits.• The game is filled with creatures of habit and superstition.• My father had some rather strangehabits, like reading the newspaper in the bath.• I'm not in the habit of going to bars during the day.• She was in the habit of taking a walk in the early evening.• You ought to get into the habit of planning your work at the beginning of each week.• He had got into the habit of phoning home during the day.• Some smokers use chewinggumcontainingnicotine to help them kick the habit.• In recent years, more than 11 million smokers in Britain have kicked the habit.• The habit of moving around in large groups is much commoner in fish than in other kinds of animals.• Many of them get into pettycrime to support their habit.• But humanbeings have raised this habit to an art.• Patterns of behaviour develop gradually until they become unconscioushabits.