familiar with something because you do it or experience it often 习惯于;适应 - used to doing something
I'm not used to eating so much at lunchtime. 我不习惯午饭吃那么多。 - used to somebody/something doing something
He was used to people asking him for autographs. 他习惯了别人向他要签名。 I'm used to things going wrong in my life. 我习惯了生活中出问题的事情。 I'm so used to answering this question, sometimes it's automatic. 我太习惯回答这个问题了,有时候是自动的。 - used to somebody/something
I found the job tiring at first but I soon got used to it. 起初我觉得这份工作很累人,但很快就习惯了。 Maybe I just need some time to get used to the idea of being a mother 也许我只是需要一些时间来习惯做母亲的想法 She had gradually grown used to him. 她已逐渐适应了他。
Which Word? used to / be used toused to / be used to- Do not confuse used to do something with be used to something.
- You use used to do something to talk about something that happened regularly or was the case in the past, but is not now:
I used to smoke, but I gave up a couple of years ago. 我以前抽烟,但几年前就戒掉了。
- You use be used to (doing) something to talk about something that you are familiar with so that it no longer seems new or strange to you:
We’re used to the noise from the traffic now. 现在我们已经适应车辆往来的噪音了。 I’m used to getting up early. 我习惯早起。
亦可用 get used to sth: Don’t worry—you’ll soon get used to his sense of humour. 别担心,你不久就会适应他的幽默感。 I didn’t think I could ever get used to living in a big city after living in the country. 我觉得我在农村住了之后就无法适应大城市的生活了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- commonly
- extensively
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- used to doing something