acquire vt. 1.得,取得,获得;招致。 2.学得(知识等),养成(习惯等)。 3.(在探测器上)捕捉住(目标)。 acquire a bad habit 养成不良习惯。 acquire a good reputation 得了好名。 acquire currency 流传,散布。 n. -ment 取得,获得;学得;〔pl.〕学识,技艺。
habit n. 1.习惯,癖好。 2.脾性,性情;(动,植物的)习性,常态。 3.体质,体格。 4.举止,行为。 5.〔古语〕服装;法衣,骑装。 6.毒瘾。 H- is second nature. 〔谚语〕习惯成自然。 early habits 早起的习惯。 the habit of getting up late 晚起的习惯。 sober habits 滴酒不尝的习惯。 a man of gouty habit 易得痛风病的人。 be in a [the] habit of 有某种习惯[脾气],惯于。 be off the habit 〔美俚〕 1. 戒掉毒瘾。 2. 吸毒者未受毒品的影响,清醒着。 break off a [the] bad habit of 改掉坏习惯。 fall [get] into a [the] habit of 养成某种习惯。 get sb. into the habit of 使某人养成某种习惯。 (do sth.) from force of habit 出于习惯势力(做某事)。 have a [the] habit of = be in a [the] habit of. habit of body 体质。 habit of mind 心情,性格。 kick the habit 〔美俚〕戒掉嗜好〔尤指毒瘾〕。 out of habit 出于习惯。 vt. 1.装扮,穿着。 2.〔古语〕住在。 be habited in 穿着…。
I cannot allow him to acquire the habit of expecting to be recompensed for every trifling service he may render 我不能让他养成每次出点力就希望能得到回报的这种习惯。
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life 养成了读书的习惯,就等于给自己建造了一个逃避人生中几乎所有不幸的避难所。
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:养成读书的习惯,就给你自己建造了一座逃避人生几乎所有不幸的避难所。
Under such an intense influence , he showed great interest in painting and music , and also acquired the habit of reading 就这样,在耳濡目染之下,他对绘画及音乐产生了极大的兴趣,也养成了读书的习惯。
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 坚持每天做一点不愿意做的事。这是养成乐意尽职习惯的金科玉律。
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 我们应该将天赋都集中在所有最不重要、最简单的事物上,而且要停留地够久,直到我们有习惯能明白地且透彻地直观到真理。