inveterate

adjective

/ɪnˈvetərət/

[usually before noun] (formal, often disapproving)

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(of a person) always doing something or enjoying something, and unlikely to stop
- an inveterate liar
- He was an inveterate traveller.
(of a bad feeling or habit) done or felt for a long time and unlikely to change
- inveterate hostility

Word Originlate Middle English (referring to disease, in the sense ‘of long standing, chronic’): from Latin inveteratus ‘made old’, past participle of inveterare (based on vetus, veter- ‘old’).

单词	inveterate
释义	inveterate adjective /ɪnˈvetərət/ /ɪnˈvetərət/ [usually before noun] (formal, often disapproving) jump to other results (of a person) always doing something or enjoying something, and unlikely to stop an inveterate liar He was an inveterate traveller. (of a bad feeling or habit) done or felt for a long time and unlikely to change inveterate hostility Word Originlate Middle English (referring to disease, in the sense ‘of long standing, chronic’): from Latin inveteratus ‘made old’, past participle of inveterare (based on vetus, veter- ‘old’).
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