释义 |
ingrained /ɪnˈɡreɪnd /adjective (also engrained)1(Of a habit, belief, or attitude) firmly fixed or established; difficult to change: his deeply ingrained Catholic convictions...- So the only thing keeping the reporters in line is their ingrained habit of deference towards a wartime president.
- None of these things are terrible, of course, but they do speak of certain ingrained attitudes towards women.
- The belief in a positive attitude is so ingrained in American thinking.
Synonyms entrenched, established, fixed, implanted, deep-rooted, rooted, deep-seated, settled, firm, unshakeable, ineradicable, driven in; inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool, abiding, enduring, stubborn, unfading; inbred, instinctive, intrinsic, gut 2(Of dirt or a stain) deeply embedded and thus difficult to remove: the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork...- Internal stains in teeth, for example tetracycline stains, are extremely resistant to bleaching because the stain is so deeply ingrained in the teeth.
- He sat there surrounded by filth - thick ingrained dirt.
- Paint was peeling, floors had ingrained dirt, and all of the telephone rooms - very important for detainees' contact with the outside world - were in a disgraceful state.
Synonyms ground-in, fixed, infixed, planted, implanted, embedded; permanent, indelible, ineradicable, ineffaceable, inexpungible Rhymes self-contained, self-restrained, self-sustained, unascertained, unconstrained, undertrained, undrained, unexplained, unfeigned, unrestrained, unstained, unstrained, unsustained, untrained |