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usual for or typical of somebody/something 惯常的；典型的 They waited for his habitual response. 他们等待着他的一贯反应。 - (formal)
a person’s place of habitual residence 某人通常居住的地方 She sat smoking her habitual cigarette. 她坐着抽她惯常抽的烟。
Extra ExamplesHe reacted with his habitual cynicism 他以惯常的玩世不恭作为回应 She reverted to her habitual frown. 她又开始习惯性地紧锁双眉了。
(of an action 行为 done, often in a way that is annoying or difficult to stop 讨厌的；上瘾的 habitual complaining 没完没了的抱怨 the habitual use of heroin 吸食海洛因上瘾
Extra ExamplesThe mechanic had been dismissed for habitual lateness. 这名技工因老是迟到已被解雇。 Is habitual drunkenness considered to be grounds for divorce? 习惯性醉酒是否被认为是离婚的理由？
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(of a person 人 doing something that has become a habit and is therefore difficult to stop 习惯性的；积习很深的 a habitual criminal/drinker/liar, etc. 惯犯、嗜酒成性者、习以为常的撒谎者等
Extra ExamplesHe was a habitual cocaine user. 他服食可卡因上瘾。 Habitual criminals were required to report once a month to a police station after they were released. 惯犯被释放后，被要求每月向警察局报告一次。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘part of one's character’): from medieval Latin habitualis, from habitus ‘condition, appearance’, from habere ‘have, consist of’.