habit /ˈhæbɪt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-VAR A habit is something that you do often or regularly. 习惯

  例：

  He has an endearing habit of licking his lips when he's nervous.

  他有个紧张时舔嘴唇的可爱习惯。

  例：

  Many people add salt to their food out of habit, without even tasting it first.

  许多人出于习惯往他们的食物中加盐，甚至都不先品尝一下。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A habit is an action considered bad that someone does repeatedly and finds it difficult to stop doing. 坏习惯

  例：

  A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful.

  一个改掉吃饭太快的坏习惯的好方法是每吃一口后放下刀叉。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A drug habit is an addiction to a drug such as heroin or cocaine. 毒瘾

  例：

  She became a prostitute in order to pay for her cocaine habit.

  她为花钱过可卡因毒瘾而成了一名妓女。

• 4. 

  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. 按习惯行事的人

  例：

  Jesse is a creature of habit and always eats breakfast.

  杰西是按习惯行事的人，每天都吃早餐。

• 5. 

  PHRASE 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. 习惯于…/养成…的习惯

  例：

  They were in the habit of giving two or three dinner parties a month.

  他们习惯于每月举办两三次晚宴。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often. 使成为习惯

  例：

  You can phone me at work as long as you don't make a habit of it.

  你可以在上班时给我打电话，只要你别让这成为习惯就行。