inveterate

a. 根深的, 成癖的, 积习的 [医] 慢性顽固性的, 绵延难治的

发音

CA /ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/
其它
US /ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/
UK /ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/
AU /ɪnˈvetəɹɪt/

词形变化

inveterated inveterates 三单 inveterates inveterating inveterating 现在分词 inveterated 过去式 inveterated 过去分词 more inveterate 比较级 most inveterate 最高级

别名

invet'rate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench.

    废旧

    "none of these Princes do use to maintaine any armies together, which are annex'd and inveterated with the governments of the provinces, as were the armies of the Roman Empire. "

    The foregoing elements of disunion are inveterated by the constituent formation of our national legislature. In the French chambers the members are all Frenchmen ; but our members of Congress are effectively Georgians, New-Yorkers, Carolinians, Pennsylvanians, &c.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing.

    Near-synonyms: deep-rooted, ingrained, ineradicable, indelible, radicated, chronic, permanent

    an inveterate disease

    an inveterate habit

  2. 2.

    Having had a habit (usually a bad habit) for a long time.

    Near-synonyms: hardened, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool

    an inveterate idler; an inveterate gambler; an inveterate smoker

    an inveterate traveller

  3. 3.

    Malignant; virulent; spiteful.

    1765–70, Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland This his lordship perused with a countenance, and scrutiny, apparently inveterate.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

chronic

近义相关 1

usual

词源

The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1574; borrowed from Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), perfect passive participle of inveterō and participial adjective (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) + veterō (“to age”), from vetus, veteris (“old”). Cognate with Italian inveterato, French invétéré. By surface analysis, in- (“not, opposite”) + veterate.

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