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• habit   /ˈhæbɪt/ DJ   /'hæbɪt/ KK
  • noun
    • 习惯 a thing that you do often and almost without thinking, especially something that is hard to stop doingcountable
      • 你得改变你的饮食习惯。 You need to change your eating habits.
      • 良好习惯；恶习 good/bad habits
      • 他有咬指甲的讨厌习惯。 He has the irritating habit of biting his nails.
      • 偶尔借点钱倒没关系，但不要养成习惯。 It's all right to borrow money occasionally, but don't let it become a habit.
      • 我希望你不要习以为常。 I'd prefer you not to make a habit of it.
      • 我不习惯让陌生人进我家。 I'm not in the habit of letting strangers into my apartment.
      • 我习惯了一回家就打开电视。 I've got into the habit of turning on the TV as soon as I get home.
      • 我正试图改掉熬夜的习惯。 I'm trying to break the habit of staying up too late.
    • 惯常行为；习性 usual behaviouruncountable
      • 我这么做只是出于习惯。 I only do it out of habit.
      • 我这人做事总是凭习惯。 I'm a creature of habit(= I have a fixed and regular way of doing things).
    • （吸毒、喝酒、抽烟的）瘾 a strong need to keep using drugs, alcohol or cigarettes regularlycountable informal
      • 他开始以盗窃来满足他的毒瘾。 He began to finance his habit through burglary.
      • 她戒过烟，但就是戒不掉。 She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit.
      • 每天抽 50 根烟的烟瘾 a 50-a-day habit
    • （修道士或修女穿的）长袍；道袍；道服 a long piece of clothing worn by a monk or nuncountable
    • See also:
      force of habit

English dictionary

• hab·it
  • A settled or regular tendency or practice, esp. one that is hard to give up
  • An addictive practice, esp. one of taking drugs
  • An automatic reaction to a specific situation

Related phrases

• habit-forming
  使成习惯的；使上瘾的
• force of habit
  习惯力量
• kick the habit, drug, booze, etc.
  戒除恶习；戒毒；戒酒
• in the habit of
  有...习惯

Related languages

• habit is also a word in: français,  česky

Synonyms

• verb: dress, clothe, garb, invest
• noun: custom, practice, wont, way, usage, use

Web translations

Usage examples

• "I was one of these teenagers, and so I know how difficult it can be to break this habit when it's been with you for a long time," the president said. "And I also know that kids today don't just start smoking for no reason. They're...
  Jun 10, 2010 -  Barack Obama -  ABC News (blog)
• "I wish I could go out driving to have fun. Apart from that, there is really nothing more I want to do," said Liu, who lives in Beijing. "Music has become a habit for me. It is just like breathing air."
  Aug 27, 2010 -  Liu Wei -  CBS News
• "Winning becomes almost a habit," Els said after his 66. "Look at Tiger."
  Aug 12, 2007 -  Ernie Els -  Washington Post

Web definitions

• • an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"
    
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• • (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"
    
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• • a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
    
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