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单词 habit
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habit
(hæbɪt )
Word forms: habits
1. variable noun B1
A habit is something that you do often or regularly.
He has an endearing habit of licking his lips when he's nervous. [+ of]
Many people add salt to their food out of habit, without even tasting it first.
...a survey on eating habits in the U.K.
Synonyms: mannerism, custom, way, practice  
2. countable noun B2
A habit is an action which is considered bad that someone does repeatedly and finds it difficult to stop doing.
Break the habit of eating too quickly by putting your knife and fork down after each mouthful. [+ of]
After twenty years as a chain smoker Mr Nathe has given up the habit.
Synonyms: addiction, weakness, obsession, dependence  
3. countable noun
A drug habit is an addiction to a drug such as heroin or cocaine.
She became a prostitute in order to pay for her cocaine habit.
4. countable noun
A habit is a piece of clothing shaped like a long loose dress, which a nun or monk wears.
5. a creature of habit phrase
If you say that someone is a creature of habit, you mean that they usually do the same thing at the same time each day, rather than doing new and different things.
6. in the habit of/into the habit of phrase B1
If you are in the habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often. If you get into the habit of doing something, you begin to do it regularly or often.
They were in the habit of giving two or three dinner parties a month.
I got into the habit of calling in on Gloria on my way home from work.
7. make a habit of phrase B2
If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
You can phone me at work as long as you don't make a habit of it.
8. habit of mind phrase [habit inflects]
If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
Deference was a deeply ingrained habit of mind.
Synonyms: disposition, character, nature, make-up  
Quotations:
Habit is a great deadenerSamuel BeckettWaiting for Godot
It is hard to teach an old dog new tricksWilliam CamdenRemains Concerning Britain
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first halfFyodor Dostoevsky
Habit with him was all the test of truth,
`It must be right; I've done it from my youth.'George CrabbeThe Borough
The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenanceHonoré De BalzacThe Abbé Birotteau
The regularity of a habit is generally in proportion to its absurdityMarcel ProustRemembrance of Things Past
Old habits die hard
Collocations:
adopt a habit
Thankfully the star hasn't adopted the filthy habit - it's for a scene in her new movie.
The Sun (2010)
If you've adopted greener habits, tell friends and family about them.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We should adopt the Japanese habit, where tipping is seen as an insult.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
annoying habit
Do either of you have any annoying habits?
The Sun (2016)
This was named the most annoying habit in a poll.
The Sun (2008)
My friends would say my most annoying habit is blowing my nose.
The Sun (2016)
bad habit
They kept their daughter in almost total isolation in case she picked up bad habits or germs from other children.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
What is your worst habit?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This is giving them bad habits for life.
The Sun (2009)
bowel habit
Any change in bowel habits, or in the nature of a patient's stools, needs explanation.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Have a check-up if you have had recent persistent change of bowel habit with no bleeding or bleeding without any obvious reason.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Other symptoms can include changes in bowel habit, extreme fatigue or unexplained weight loss.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
change habits
It is not easy to change habits of a lifetime.
Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)
I've got an extreme personality and find it easy to change habits that others find difficult.
The Sun (2015)
Doctors are failing to tell fat patients to lose weight because they do not think they will change habits.
The Sun (2013)
dietary habit
According to one recent study, dietary habits have already improved.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is acquired over time due to their dietary habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Bad dietary habits gained while young store up huge problems for the future.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Only in more recent years have our dietary habits changed.
The Vitality Diet (1990)
dirty habit
These are not only more efficient, they also help farmers change their dirty habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The public ban came in over a year ago to stop this dirty habit.
The Sun (2008)
We shall be destroyed by our own dirty habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
disgusting habit
I lived in mortal fear that this disgusting habit of mine would be discovered.
Coping with Bulimia (1987)
Let's talk about the disgusting habit of spitting.
The Sun (2009)
What's your most disgusting habit?
The Sun (2011)
drinking habits
He had lied for years about his drinking habits.
The Sun (2006)
The Campaign for Real Ale has transformed our drinking habits.
AUTHENTICITY: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life (2003)
Intervention has been shown to have a significant impact on drinking habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
exercise habit
All the experts say we should change our diet and exercise habits.
Get the Best out of the Rest of Your Life (1990)
The exercise habit began young - from the age of 8 she did gymnastics and danced.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's taken me a while to get into the exercise habit, but I now regularly stride away on the ski machine and have reaped great benefits.
Christianity Today (2000)
exercise habits
They are calling for a 25-year plan to change children's eating and exercise habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Do you have erratic exercise habits?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All the experts say we should change our diet and exercise habits.
Get the Best out of the Rest of Your Life (1990)
feed a habit
A major motivation behind burglaries was the need for criminals to get goods that they sell to feed a drug habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is often done by those buying the drugs and needing cash to feed the habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Nasty nicotine, alcohol and gambling habits are freely fed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
gambling habit
It's well documented that my father had a gambling habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He said he used the cash to fund his gambling habit.
The Sun (2008)
I've just lost my third girlfriend in a row because of my gambling habit.
The Sun (2013)
habits of thought
Once we develop habits of thought, we find it difficult to disrupt them.
Times, Sunday Times
He was determined to fight blinkered habits of thought.
Times, Sunday Times
Until we face this, until we learn it morally as well as intellectually, we skew not only our politics but our habits of thought.
Times, Sunday Times
And in a rapidly changing world requiring deep understanding of history and unfamiliar habits of thought, the liberal arts make a robust and irreplaceable contribution to sustaining democratic culture.
The Times Literary Supplement
That requires encouraging habits of thought - critical method and the universality of rights - that are historically recent, yet powerful.
Times, Sunday Times
healthy habits
If your child loves gadgets, you can use them to encourage some healthy habits.
The Sun (2017)
There can't be a better incentive for him to keep up his healthy habits.
The Sun (2013)
It's all about getting into healthy habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
heroin habit
He was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a drug dealer to support his heroin habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His dad has tried to help him kick his heroin habit and paid dealers' debts.
The Sun (2009)
The tree-lined road has since become a haven for junkies who litter the area with the apparatus of their heroin habits.
The Sun (2006)
ingrained habit
Eating healthily became an ingrained habit for me, and my approach is a lifestyle, not a diet.
The Sun (2015)
He was there because of another ingrained habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Each day we make countless choices and live out deeply ingrained habits that all add up to a lifestyle.
Christianity Today (2000)
kick the habit
Smokers must also wait for nonurgent ops if they don't kick the habit.
The Sun (2017)
Its backers insist it is not an electronic cigarette but a smoking cessation device intended to help addicts to kick the habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They urged health trusts to enforce the smoking ban and help staff kick the habit.
The Sun (2008)
Just three per cent had kicked the habit for good.
The Sun (2016)
Was it hard to kick the habit?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
lifelong habit
The girls have begun what I hope will be a lifelong habit of visiting galleries.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Soon keeping your diary will be a daily lifelong habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is no other way to ensure that it becomes a lifelong habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
lifestyle habit
Healthy lifestyle habits should be encouraged.
canada.com (2012)
Members are matched via a detailed compatibility test about lifestyle habits, attitudes and beliefs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This site lets you work out your real age by entering your personal details and lifestyle habits.
The Sun (2011)
listening habits
Internet radio allows the user to choose by artist or to pick a playlist based on their listening habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My listening habits are a bit erratic so I'm not sure if the village shop has featured much on The Archers recently.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The repeat pattern in the schedule is carefully worked out in the light of what we know about people's listening habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
nasty habit
Brain scans have a nasty habit of picking up abnormalities.
The Sun
Gone was his nasty habit of lying against the ropes, covering up and waiting for his opponent to get tired of throwing punches.
ST
Restaurants have a nasty habit of garnishing chocolate desserts with them, but they are always hard and tasteless.
Times, Sunday Times
And, even worse, his nasty habit of blaming the duff punchlines on somebody else.
The Sun
You really should pack that nasty habit in.
The Sun
nocturnal habits
A hawk, such as a sparrowhawk, might try to tackle it, but its nocturnal habits would normally save it from that.
Times, Sunday Times
Data-mining can be put to other uses too, of course, such as by landlords interested in the nocturnal habits of prospective tenants.
Times, Sunday Times
Five volunteers with weird nocturnal habits are wired to monitors to find a cure for their troubled nights.
The Sun
Police say she has taken up the nocturnal habits of deer to graze by night and hide by day.
Times, Sunday Times
My nocturnal habits have been the bane of my life for the past 15 years.
The Sun
odd habit
In their northern breeding haunts they have the odd habit for a wader of using old nests of other birds in trees.
Times, Sunday Times
The keeping by the bedside or on the coffee table of a pile of illustrated cookery books strikes me as a particularly odd habit.
Times, Sunday Times
Markets have an odd habit of reacting in two ways to such unexpected economic shocks.
Times, Sunday Times
She also displayed the odd habit of covering her mouth and whispering each letter before saying it, which was parodied in the episode as well.
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He has an odd habit of calling people my duckies.
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old habits
But old habits die hard.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He always slips back into his old habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is not easy to change old habits.
Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)
peculiar habit
He also has a peculiar habit of leaping to his feet and sort of swaying over you for a minute or two, or breaking into song.
Times, Sunday Times
She also has the peculiar habit of screaming with excitement.
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He has a peculiar habit of snorting and sniffing people when he meets them for the first time.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
So, do goalies have any peculiar habits or rituals that roommates couldn't put up with?
canada.com
He has piqued the curiosity of the staff and several visitors for his peculiar habits.
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personal habit
These include unconsciousness as a personal habit, being unaware, and intuition.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Meanwhile, the new pope's focus on poverty and his ascetic personal habits could also start a needed discussion about the global poor.
Christianity Today
In his often awkward personal habits, overweening intellectual self-confidence and execrable management style, he variously appalled and terrified.
Times, Sunday Times
But our personal habits are also a giveaway: people with dented cars tend to look that way as well.
Times, Sunday Times
Personal habits that you find objectionable are probably deal-breakers.
Times, Sunday Times
poor habit
The company also had a very poor habit of failing to fully meet the goals it promised for its customers.
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In our thirties and forties, we set the delayed-reaction timebomb ticking through stress, diet, smoking, lack of exercise, excessive drinking and other poor habits.
Times, Sunday Times
Depression may lead to or increase the frequency of poor habits not promoting physical health.
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Poor habits may eventually lead to a poor or even dangerous lifestyle.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
quit the habit
The quacks seem determined to stop people who want to quit the habit.
The Sun
But she has no plans to quit her habit.
The Sun
Loved-up couples who can't quit the habit of posting their every move to a social networking site are turning to 'private sharing' apps.
Times, Sunday Times
My career showed me this: patients with a severe disease as a result of cigarette smoking were often unable to quit the habit.
Times, Sunday Times
It's helping me quit the habit and get healthier for the summer.
The Sun
reading habits
His reading habits were wideranging and eccentric.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is evidence that our reading habits are shifting towards the digital.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Last year, a study of pupils' reading habits was conducted by the National Literacy Trust.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
savings habit
One of the Government's aims in launching the scheme was to promote the savings habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The report suggested that the economic downturn had had an effect on children's savings habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A savings habit fostered over a few months will soon become effortless.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
shopping habits
In her tour of regional stores, some interesting variations in shopping habits have emerged.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The figures also give an insight into British shopping habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Weak consumer confidence and changing shopping habits are adding to the uncertainty.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
sleep habits
Often, that's a combination of stress and poor sleep habits.
The Sun
The participants were asked about their sleep habits and were given physical examinations to determine general health.
Times, Sunday Times
So resolve to keep up your newfound sleep habits.
Times, Sunday Times
Three days before: start adjusting your sleep habits by one hour a day - earlier if flying east, later if flying west.
Times, Sunday Times
Experts tell us that people who eat at regular times throughout the day usually have better sleep habits.
Times, Sunday Times
sleeping habits
She monitored his health, his work hours, and his sleeping habits as well.
American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era (1993)
Subtle changes can include a change in eating and sleeping habits.
The Sun (2015)
More than one million people were asked about their sleeping habits and followed up over time.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
smoking habit
Many say that e-cigarettes have helped to end long smoking habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She was diagnosed in 2004, with doctors linking the condition to her former smoking habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
So why choose this stressful moment to end her 30- year smoking habit?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
spending habits
The study examined the spending habits of 2,000 parents.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The credit crunch is having little impact on the spending habits of 16 to 24-year-olds.
The Sun (2009)
She would value some advice about how to cut her spending habits successfully.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
strange habit
The family owners have a strange habit of loving and then loathing professional managers.
Times, Sunday Times
And her strange habit of sitting with her legs folded out of sight beneath her makes her look even odder.
The Sun
Although he learnt to use the litter tray almost immediately, he had a strange habit of insisting on having a spectator.
Times, Sunday Times
The best don't necessarily rise to the top, and so-called efficiency has a strange habit of creating waste.
Times, Sunday Times
Fortunately it has a strange habit that can sometimes draw attention to it.
Times, Sunday Times
terrible habit
I have a terrible habit of staying friends with all my exes.
The Sun
I need some help to kick this terrible habit for good.
The Sun
Three driving instructors take their lives in their hands, teaching a succession of motorists who have picked up some terrible habits since passing their tests.
The Sun
unappealing habit
My most unappealing habit is wearing my Lycra cycling gear.
The Sun (2015)
We all have unappealing habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What do you consider your most unappealing habit?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
unfortunate habit
Such prognostications have an unfortunate habit of turning around and biting those who make them.
Times, Sunday Times
Facts have an unfortunate habit of ruining otherwise vastly entertaining conspiracy theories.
Times, Sunday Times
He has got into an unfortunate habit through anxiety.
The Sun
You have an unfortunate habit of tending to choose the showy and pseudo over the simple and obvious, but nothing terminal.
Times, Sunday Times
She has an unfortunate habit of transcribing the speech of lower-class people complete with misspellings and mispronunciations.
Times,Sunday Times
unhealthy habit
We have to consider the pleasure we get from unhealthy habits and ask: how much risk am I prepared to take?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Advertising encourages unhealthy habits.
Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
He has helped thousands of people overcome unhealthy habits
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
usual habit
It was a usual habit of the poet's to put different dedications to such of his works as might court the favour of the rich and powerful.
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I think you just get used to eating less and once you break your usual habits it becomes very do-able.
The Sun
A class of eight-year-olds was divided with one half deprived of all screen-based fun and the other left to its usual habits.
Times, Sunday Times
This idea suggests that prey will change their usual habits to adjust to the terrain and its effect on the species' predation.
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People who over-expose themselves to environments atypical from their usual habits tend to develop understanding of new words and apply new meanings to existing words.
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viewing habits
Online services have changed viewing habits, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One researcher examined the viewing habits of 6.7 million internet users.
Christianity Today (2000)
Soaring demand for film and TV streaming underlines the shift in viewing habits over recent years.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
voting habits
But she too has now ditched decades of voting habits inherited from her family.
The Sun
Twenty-four years later they were asked about their voting habits.
Times, Sunday Times
When once political earnestness might have been dismissed as rather dull and worthy, might a difference in voting habits now mean we automatically swipe left?
Times, Sunday Times
This story teaches us much about the arbitrariness of political democracy and has led me to re-evaluate my voting habits in political elections over the last 30-odd years.
Times, Sunday Times
A citizen-driven election monitoring platform was created in 2009 to report on voting habits and voter turnout.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
weird habit
She had a weird habit, in the evenings, of locking herself in the bathroom with a book of film-star photos and trying to copy their look.
Times, Sunday Times
She replies he has a weird habit when he plays the violin.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Weird habits, idiosyncrasies and obsessions begin to emerge, such as a preoccupation with late-night chatlines and food labelling, or an overzealous use of bleach.
Times, Sunday Times
All three may be social pariahs with weird habits and attitudes, but they never let their lack of friends or good fortune get them down for very long.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
winning habit
But the star power is still there and he still has that winning habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Once they get into a winning habit they can be tough to stop.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The team have lost the winning habit.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
work habits
An extensive study last year explored the impact of our work habits on family life in exhaustive detail.
Christianity Today (2000)
I consciously made him my role model and studied his work habits.
Christianity Today (2000)
Her work habits are poor, and he moves from job to job.
Christianity Today (2000)
Translations:
Chinese: 习惯
Japanese: 癖
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