Accustomed
[ə'kʌstəmd]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to; 'accustomed to doing her own work'; 'I've grown accustomed to her face' .
(adj.) commonly used or practiced; usual; 'his accustomed thoroughness'; 'took his customary morning walk'; 'his habitual comment'; 'with her wonted candor' .
編輯:沃尔夫冈--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Accustom
(a.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.
(a.) Frequented by customers.
編輯:斯坦利
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Usual, habitual, wonted, customary, familiar, common, frequent, regular, ordinary, every day.
編輯:史蒂夫
例句/造句/用法:
- The manufacturer has always been accustomed to look for his subsistence from his labour only; the soldier to expect it from his pay. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I see you are accustomed to wearing kid gloves--but some gentlemen are so awkward about putting them on. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He will require to grow accustomed to the sight of the upper world. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- We were growing accustomed to encomiums on wonders that too often proved no wonders at all. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I was accustomed to speak of the larder when I lived with papa and mama, and I use the word almost unconsciously. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Mr. Chadband, at last seeing his opportunity, makes his accustomed signal and rises with a smoking head, which he dabs with his pocket-handkerchief. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Seems you're not accustomed to this kind of work? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The new cushions are a great improvement upon the hard marble seats we have been so long accustomed to. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I have not been accustomed to language of that kind. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I am not accustomed, sir, he began, but mastered his anger and resumed his seat. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He at once threw himself on the astonished combatants, with his accustomed energy, and loudly called upon the bystanders to interpose. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Crispin glanced at Maurice significantly, and Justinian caught the look with his accustomed keen-sightedness. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Since, then, you are accustomed to it-- Robert Jordan said politely. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Gentlemen in his station are not accustomed to marry their governesses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I am every day growing more accustomed to--fonder of you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- As he did so, a small case in which the Doctor was accustomed to carry the lists of his day's duties, fell lightly on the floor. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- You have been accustomed to see him often, I suppose? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I am accustomed to a fire, and I am an old man, and I soon chill. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Accustomed as I was to Holmes's curious faculties, this sudden intrusion into my most intimate thoughts was utterly inexplicable. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I understood her very well, for I had been accustomed to the fluent tongue of Madame Pierrot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In the effort to hear better, the American Indian was accustomed to place his ear to the ground. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I've always been accustomed to travel like a gentleman, George said, and, damme, my wife shall travel like a lady. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Xodar, Dator of the First Born of Barsoom, is accustomed to give commands, not to receive them, replied the black pirate. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I have not been accustomed to such language as this. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The accustomed places brought back the accustomed habits and trains of thought. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The connoisseur, accustomed to the possession of jewels, finds in its soft luster a grandeur above that of all the sparkling stones. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In my own country I had been accustomed to command. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The daughter of Matai Shang is not accustomed to having her queries remain unanswered, she said. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The gate _A_ is then closed and the gate _A'_ is opened slowly to give the men time to get accustomed to the high pressure in _B_, and then the men are lowered to the bottom. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
編輯:史蒂夫