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• habitual   /həˈbɪtʃuəl/ DJ   /hə'bɪtʃuəl/ KK
  • adjective
    • 惯常的；典型的 usual or typical of somebody/somethingonly before noun
      • 他们等待着他的一贯反应。 They waited for his habitual response.
      • 某人通常居住的地方 a person's place of habitual residenceformal
    • 行为 of an action 讨厌的；上瘾的 done, often in a way that is annoying or difficult to stop
      • 没完没了的抱怨╱打搅 habitual complaining/interruptions
      • 服用海洛因上瘾 the habitual use of heroin
    • 人 of a person 习惯性的；积习很深的 doing something that has become a habit and is therefore difficult to stoponly before noun
      • 惯犯；嗜酒成性者；动辄撒谎者 a habitual criminal/drinker/liar
    • Derivative:
      habitually adverb   /-tʃuəli/ DJ   /-tʃuəlɪ/ KK
      • 他惯常戴的墨镜 the dark glasses he habitually wore

English dictionary

• ha·bit·u·al
  • Done or doing constantly or as a habit
  • Regular; usual

Related languages

• habitual is also a word in: Portuguese,  español

Synonyms

• adjective: usual, ordinary, customary, wonted, common, accustomed, regular, normal

Web translations

Usage examples

• "They (ZANU-PF) have lost control, and so has Mugabe, if he in not trying to resort to to his habitual tricks of stealing the vote," Tekere told AFP. "I hope that he does not try that as that will be absolutely foolish and plunge us into...
  Apr 3, 2008 -  Edgar Tekere -  Africasia
• "The team is playing a long time with Berbatov and Robbie Keane and are so used to playing with them as habitual strikers," Ramos told a news conference on Wednesday, a day before Spurs host Wisla Krakow in the UEFA Cup. "Now it's a different...
  Sep 17, 2008 -  Juande Ramos -  Reuters.uk
• "If he's throwing that way, then there's got to be something incorrect in that arm," Warthen said. "Something's not feeling correct. John's a habitual liar in a lot of ways as far as his own health. He's a competitor and a warrior. He wants...
  May 20, 2010 -  Dan Warthen -  New York Times

Web definitions

• • accustomed: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"
    
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• • behaving in a regular manner, as a habit; recurring, or that is performed over and over again; being regular or usual
    
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habitual
• • habitually - according to habit or custom; "her habitually severe expression"; "he habitually keeps his office door closed"
    
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn