Some of the things we do scarcely give a thought to; we just do them from habit. 我们做某些事并非深思熟虑,而仅仅出于习惯。
After a few weeks of firm control, the teacher was able to relax his grip on the class, who continued to obey him out of habit. 几周的严格管理后,这位老师终于放松了对这个班学生的控制,因为他们已习惯于服从他的管教了。
The habit is easily acquired but broken up with difficulty. 这种习惯养成容易,摒弃难。
The habit carries over from my childhood. 这一习惯从我小时候起就一直保持下来。
Now, not enough is being done to educate smokers about the benefits of stopping the habit. 在教育吸烟者懂得戒烟的好处方面目前还做得不够。
Relatives should try to persuade smokers to kick the habit. 亲属们应设法说服吸烟者戒烟。
Since theft has become his habit, he should be confined. 偷盗既然成了他的习惯,就该把他关起来。
I declared war against the bad habits. 我决心与坏习惯作斗争。
We must civilize away the boy's bad habits. 我们必须教育这孩子使其改掉恶习。
He binds over to give up his bad habits. 他发誓放弃坏习惯。
He has grown out of the bad habits of his boyhood days. 他已长大了,戒除了儿时的不良习惯。
It is difficult to adjust one's habits to someone else. 一个人很难使自己的习惯适于他人。
His tastes and habits coincide with those of his wife. 他的爱好跟习惯恰好和他的妻子相同。
They often give talks, advising children to acquire hygienic habits. 他们常常作报告,让孩子们养成良好的卫生习惯。
She was a young lady in a close-fitting habit. 她是一个穿着紧身骑装的年轻女子。
The nun wears her own special habit. 那修女穿着自己独特的服装。
His wife is already off the habit. 他妻子已戒去毒瘾。
John has always been trying to keep up a cheerful habit of mind. 约翰努力保持一种欢乐的性情。
Resistance is a natural habit of men who have been oppressed. 反抗是被压迫者的天性。
It is a good habit to eat slowly. 细嚼慢咽是个好习惯。
He made it a habit to take a walk after lunch. 他每次午饭后总要去散散步。
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The habit of obedience was burned into me as a child. 我从小就养成了顺从的习惯。
We can't expect one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time. 我们不能期望一个人一辈子养成的习惯短时期就能改变。
In a new job, one should fling off old habits of thought. 干一项新的工作就应该摆脱旧的思维习惯。
He has laid aside the habit of smoking. 他已戒除抽烟的习惯。
It pays to study the events of the past, since history has a habit of repeating itself. 研究过去的事件是有益处的,因为历史往往会重演。
He has a habit of biting his lips when he is puzzled. 他感到困惑时有咬嘴唇的习惯。