acquire vt. 1.得,取得,獲得;招致。 2.學得(知識等),養成(習慣等)。 3.(在探測器上)捕捉住(目標)。 acquire a bad habit 養成不良習慣。 acquire a good reputation 得了好名。 acquire currency 流傳,散布。 n. -ment 取得,獲得;學得;〔pl.〕學識,技藝。
habit n. 1.習慣,癖好。 2.脾性,性情;(動,植物的)習性,常態。 3.體質,體格。 4.舉止,行為。 5.〔古語〕服裝;法衣,騎裝。 6.毒癮。 H- is second nature. 〔諺語〕習慣成自然。 early habits 早起的習慣。 the habit of getting up late 晚起的習慣。 sober habits 滴酒不嘗的習慣。 a man of gouty habit 易得痛風病的人。 be in a [the] habit of 有某種習慣[脾氣],慣于。 be off the habit 〔美俚〕 1. 戒掉毒癮。 2. 吸毒者未受毒品的影響,清醒著。 break off a [the] bad habit of 改掉壞習慣。 fall [get] into a [the] habit of 養成某種習慣。 get sb. into the habit of 使某人養成某種習慣。 (do sth.) from force of habit 出于習慣勢力(做某事)。 have a [the] habit of = be in a [the] habit of. habit of body 體質。 habit of mind 心情,性格。 kick the habit 〔美俚〕戒掉嗜好〔尤指毒癮〕。 out of habit 出于習慣。 vt. 1.裝扮,穿著。 2.〔古語〕住在。 be habited in 穿著…。
I cannot allow him to acquire the habit of expecting to be recompensed for every trifling service he may render 我不能讓他養成每次出點力就希望能得到回報的這種習慣。
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life 養成了讀書的習慣,就等于給自己建造了一個逃避人生中幾乎所有不幸的避難所。
W . s . maugham : to acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life 毛姆:養成讀書的習慣,就給你自己建造了一座逃避人生幾乎所有不幸的避難所。
Under such an intense influence , he showed great interest in painting and music , and also acquired the habit of reading 就這樣,在耳濡目染之下,他對繪畫及音樂產生了極大的興趣,也養成了讀書的習慣。
Make it a point to do something every day that you don ' t want to do . this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain 堅持每天做一點不愿意做的事。這是養成樂意盡職習慣的金科玉律。
Rule nine - we must concentrate our mind ' s eye totally upon the most insignificant and easiest of matters , and dwell on them long enough to acquire the habit of intuiting the truth distinctly and clearly 我們應該將天賦都集中在所有最不重要、最簡單的事物上,而且要停留地夠久,直到我們有習慣能明白地且透徹地直觀到真理。