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habit

英 ['hæbɪt] 美['hæbɪt]

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近义词trait rule system tendency custom practice nature pattern fashion manner routine usage

n. 习惯，习性；嗜好
vt. 使穿衣

核心词汇中频词CET6考研TEM4CET4

词态变化

复数: habits;第三人称单数: habits;过去式: habited;过去分词: habited;现在分词: habiting;

中文词源

habit 习惯，瘾，长袍，道服

来自古法语habit,衣服，行为，习惯，来自拉丁语habere,持，握，拥有，来自PIE*ghabh,持，握，抓住，词源同give,gift.引申词义居住，养成的习惯，及特指与宗教相关的袍子，道服等。

英英释意

1. an established custom;: "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"

2. a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;: "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"

3. (religion) a distinctive attire (as the costume of a religious order)

4. excessive use of drugs

英文词源

habit: habit: [13] Etymologically, a habit is ‘what one has’. The word comes via Old French abit from Latin habitus, originally the past participle of the verb habēre ‘have’. This was used reflexively for ‘be’, and so the past participle came to be used as a noun for ‘how one is’ – one’s ‘state’ or ‘condition’. Subsequently this developed along the lines of both ‘outward condition or appearance’, hence ‘clothing’, and ‘inner condition, quality, nature, character’, later ‘usual way of behaving’.

This proliferation of meaning took place in Latin, and was taken over lock, stock, and barrel by English, although the ‘clothing’ sense now survives only in relation to monks, nuns, and horseriders. (Incidentally, the notion of adapting the verb have to express ‘how one is, how one comports oneself’ recurs in behave.) Derived from Latin habitus was the verb habitāre, originally literally ‘have something frequently or habitually’, hence ‘live in a place’.

This has given English habitation [14], inhabit [14], and also habitat [18], literally ‘it dwells’, the third person present singular of habitāre, which was used in medieval and Renaissance books on natural history to describe the sort of place in which a particular species lived. Malady [13] comes via Old French from an unrecorded Vulgar Latin *male habitus ‘in bad condition’.
=> habitat, inhabit, malady
habit (n.): early 13c., "characteristic attire of a religious or clerical order," from Old French habit, abit "clothing, (ecclesiastical) habit; conduct" (12c.), from Latin habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally past participle of habere "to have, hold, possess; wear; find oneself, be situated; consider, think, reason, have in mind; manage, keep," from PIE root *ghabh- "to give; to receive" (cognates: Sanskrit gabhasti- "hand, forearm;" Old Irish gaibim "I take, hold, I have," gabal "act of taking;" Lithuanian gabana "armful," gabenti "to remove;" Gothic gabei "riches;" Old English giefan, Old Norse gefa "to give"). The basic sense of the root probably is "to hold," which can be either in offering or in taking.

Meaning "clothing generally" is from late 14c. Meaning "customary practice, usual mode of action" is early 14c. Drug sense is from 1887. The Latin word was applied to both inner and outer states of being, and both senses were taken in English, though meaning of "dress" now is restricted to monks and nuns. In 19c. it also was used of the costume worn by women when riding on horseback.
habit (v.): mid-14c., "to dwell, reside; dwell in" (obsolete), from Old French habiter, abiter "to dwell, inhabit; have dealings with," from Latin habitare "to live, dwell; stay, remain," frequentative of habere "to have, to hold, possess" (see habit (n.)). Meaning "to dress" is from 1580s. Related: Habited; habiting.

同义词辨析

habit, custom, manners, usage, practice, convention, tradition

这些名词均含有"习惯，风俗，传统"之意。

habit：侧重于自然养成的，不易去掉的个人习惯。

custom：指一个国家、一个民族、一个地区或一个社会的习惯、行为方式或风俗习惯。也可指个人的习惯。

manners：指在某一时期或某一团体中盛行的社会礼仪或社会风俗模式。

usage：指持续时间长，为很多人公认采纳的惯例、习俗。

practice：常指习惯性的做法或行为。

convention：多指约定俗成的行为方式规则或公认的标准，或指艺术上公认的技巧。

tradition：广义指世代相传的伦理、行为规范和生活方式，特指因长久奉行而几乎具有法律效力的习惯、习俗，侧重历史意义。

考试真题

However, organisations need to learn something bigger than how to manage teams better: they need to be in the habit of asking themselves whether teams are the best tools for the job.

Britons have cut their spending on itits prices have gone up over the yearsits quality has seen marked improvementBritons have developed the habit of savingIt will expand in time.

People with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die sooner.

You probably think college students are experts at sleeping, but parties, preparations for tests, personal problems and general stress can wreck a student’s sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and the mind.

Texas Tech University is even offering a class called Improving Your Sleep Habits.

As he got in the habit of hardwork, his grades began to soar.

But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down.

What does this mean for our eating habits?

Good eating habits will contribute to our health

To help drivers to give up the habit of drinking.

a change in people's eating habits

When she discusses Internet habits with her patients, they often report that being online offers a "sense of belonging, and escape, excitement [and] fun," she said

Develop a habit of reading critically.

Pamela has a habit of doing things in a hurry.

Participation in this project helped the girls developed a new attitude towards their parents of their own homes; they've learned how to work with tools, and improve their work habits.

Americans today have different eating habits than they had in the past.

As he got in the habit of hard work, his grades began to soar.

For example, Karen Hayes, a life coach in Toronto, conducts knitting therapy programs, including Knit to Quit to help smokers give up the habit, and Knit to Heal for people coping with health crises, like a cancer diagnosis or serious illness of a family

I have a habit of reading magazine.

They may evolve new feeding habits.

They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.

They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winterThey prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.

Since tobacco is one of the biggest causes of premature death in the UK, a measure that tames the habit even by a fraction is worth trying.

Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always on, they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work habits and interactions with family and friends.

When Stephen Covey, founder and director of the Leadership Institute, explored leadership styles in the past decade, he focused on the habits of a great number of highly effective individuals.

Living habits of monarch butterflies.

Our living habits are altered

From a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit.

Still, Liu isn't ready to endorse the habit of sleeping less and making up for it later.

A dog's eating habit requires regular training before it is properly established.

Compare the living habits of both species.

For weeks, I've been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: how do we make it a habit for them?

Get rid of some bad habits in our daily life.

Getting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids.

His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he's an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road.

I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a habit.

It wasn't until her friend was badly hurt that kerry became aware of her habit of finding fault.

Knowing these causes can make us examine our behavior,and correct bad habits.

Many bad habits can be especially difficult to cure because they are likely to have been formed at a very young age.

Maybe you leave a habit that is driving your family crazy.

Reading habits change with the times.

Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people.

The living habits of species in food webs.

Unpunctual people seldom realise that their habit cause problems to others.

The need of training is too evident; the pressure to accomplish a change in their attitude and habits is too urgent to leave these consequences wholly out of account.

So it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation.

Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits.

Instead, the new habits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

Habits are a funny thing.

But don't bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the hippocampus, they're there to stay.

But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.

An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication.

Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.

Across the Atlantic came successive groups of Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Scots, Irishmen, Dutchmen, Swedes, and many others who attempted to transplant their habits and traditions to the new world.

"Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd," william Wordsworth said in the 19th century.

As this new science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods.

However, when done too often, this habit can sometimes hurt more than it helps.

In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word "habit" carries a negative implication.

There are fundamental public health problems, like dirty hands instead of a soap habit, that remain killers only because we can't figure out how to change people's habits.

To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Cal Newport, author of Deep work: Rules for Focused Success in a distracted World, recommends building a habit of "deep work"—the ability to focus without distraction.

词组搭配

break (或非正式kick) the habit

stop engaging in a habitual practice

改掉习惯，戒除［毒］瘾

实用场景例句

I'm a creature of habit (= I have a fixed and regular way of doing things) .: 我这人做事总是凭习惯。

He began to finance his habit through burglary.: 他开始以盗窃来满足他的毒瘾。

She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit .: 她戒过烟，但就是戒不掉。

a 50-a-day habit: 每天抽50根烟的烟瘾

I only do it out of habit .: 我这么做只是出于习惯。

I'm trying to break the habit of staying up too late.: 我正试图改掉熬夜的习惯。

I've got into the habit of turning on the TV as soon as I get home.: 我习惯了一回家就打开电视。

I'm not in the habit of letting strangers into my apartment.: 我不习惯让陌生人进我家。

I'd prefer you not to make a habit of it.: 我希望你不要习以为常。

It's all right to borrow money occasionally, but don't let it become a habit .: 偶尔借点钱倒没关系，但不要养成习惯。

He has the irritating habit of biting his nails.: 他有咬指甲的讨厌习惯。

good/bad habits: 良好习惯；恶习

You need to change your eating habits.: 你得改变你的饮食习惯。

In accent, mannerism and habit of mind he appeared to be completely Eastern European.: 从口音、举止和思维习惯上看，他完全是东欧人。

You can phone me at work as long as you don't make a habit of it.: 你可以上班时给我打电话，只要别一来二去打上瘾了就成。

I got into the habit of calling in on Gloria on my way home from work.: 我习惯于在下班回家的路上顺便探望格洛丽亚。

They were in the habit of giving two or three dinner parties a month...: 他们每月举办两三次宴会，都成习惯了。

She became a prostitute in order to pay for her cocaine habit.: 她以娼养吸。

After twenty years as a chain smoker Mr Nathe has given up the habit.: 当了20年的烟鬼后，纳特先生戒了烟。

A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful...: 改掉吃饭太快的坏习惯有一个好办法，那就是每吃一口就把刀叉放下。

Many people add salt to their food out of habit, without even tasting it first.: 很多人是出于习惯往食物里加盐，事先甚至连尝都不尝。

He has an endearing habit of licking his lips when he's nervous...: 他有个一紧张就舔嘴唇的可爱习惯。

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