habit
['hæb.ɪt] noun
REPEATED ACTION 重复的行为
ESSENTIAL countable or uncountable
■something which you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it 习惯•I always buy the same brand of toothpaste just out of (= because of) habit.我出于习惯总是买同一个牌子的牙膏。 •I'm trying not to get into (= start) the habit of always having biscuits with my coffee.我尽量避免养成喝咖啡时总是吃饼干的习惯。 •I used to swim twice a week, but I seem to have got out of (= ended) the habit recently.我过去每周游两次泳，但最近似乎打破了这个习惯。 •I was taught to drive by my boyfriend and I'm afraid I've picked up (= caught) some of his bad habits.我跟我的男友学开车，恐怕我已经染上了他的一些坏习惯。 •His eating habits are extraordinary.他的饮食习惯很不寻常。 •I'm trying to get him to break (= end intentionally) the habit of switching on the TV when he comes home at night.我设法让他改掉晚上一回家就打开电视的习惯。 •I don't mind being woken up once or twice in the middle of the night by my flatmate so long as she doesn't make a habit of it (= do it frequently).我不介意半夜里被室友吵醒一两次，只要她不经常这样就行。 •I'm not really in the habit of looking at (= I don't usually look at) other people's clothes, but even I noticed that awful suit!我没有观察别人穿着的习惯，可是就连我都注意到了那身难看的套装！ countable
■something annoying that someone often does 坏习惯，毛病•She has a habit of finishing off other people's sentences.她有打断别人说话的坏习惯。 countable
■a strong physical need to keep having a particular drug 毒瘾•a cocaine habit古柯碱毒瘾 •figurative humorous I'm afraid I've got a chocolate habit.恐怕我巧克力吃上瘾了。
['hæb.ɪt] noun
CLOTHING 衣服
countable
■a special piece of long clothing worn by monks and nuns （僧侣或修女穿的）衣服，长袍 |