0 something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it -- 習慣
I always buy the same brand of toothpaste out of (= because of) habit. 我出於習慣總是買同一個牌子的牙膏。
I'm trying not to get into (= start) the habit of always having biscuits with my coffee. 我盡量避免養成喝咖啡時總是吃餅乾的習慣。
I used to swim twice a week, but I seem to have got out of (= ended) the habit recently. 我過去每週遊兩次泳,但最近似乎打破了這個習慣。
I was taught to drive by my boyfriend and I'm afraid I've picked up (= caught) some of his bad habits. 我是跟我男友學的開車,恐怕我已經染上了他的一些壞習慣。
I'm trying to get him to break (= end intentionally) the habit of switching on the TV when he comes home at night. 我設法讓他改掉晚上一回家就打開電視的習慣。
I don't mind being woken up once or twice in the middle of the night by my flatmate so long as she doesn't make a habit of it (= do it frequently). 我不介意半夜裡被室友吵醒一兩次,只要她不經常這樣就行。
I'm not really in the habit of looking at (= I don't usually look at) other people's clothes, but even I noticed that awful suit! 我沒有觀察別人穿著的習慣,可是就連我都注意到了那身難看的套裝!
She has a habit of finishing off other people's sentences. 她有打斷別人說話的壞習慣。
a cocaine habit 古柯鹼毒癮
figurative humorous I'm afraid I've got a chocolate habit. 恐怕我巧克力吃上癮了。
1 a special piece of long clothing worn by monks and nuns -- (僧侶或修女穿的)衣服,長袍
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。