| 单词 | inveterate |
| 释义 | inveterate —inveterately, adv. —inveterateness, n. /in vet"euhr it/, adj. 1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler. 2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic. [1375-1425; late ME < L inveteratus (ptp. of inveterare to grow old, allow to grow old, preserve), equiv. to in- IN-2 + veter- (s. of vetus) old + -atus -ATE1; cf. VETERAN] Syn. 1. hardened, constant, habitual. 2. set, fixed, rooted. |
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