Inveterate

分析词义

“Inveterate” 是一个形容词，用来描述某种习惯、情感或性格特征已经存在了很久，且极其难以改变（根深蒂固）。它也常用来形容人具有某种长期的恶习或固定的性格倾向。

列举例句

“He is an inveterate liar; nobody believes a word he says.” (他是个老牌骗子，没人信他说的一句话。)
“The two countries have an inveterate hostility toward each other.” (这两个国家之间有着根深蒂固的敌意。)
“She is an inveterate traveler who has visited over a hundred countries.” (她是个资深的旅行迷，已经去过了一百多个国家。)

词根分析

词根: veter (老/旧，来自拉丁语 vetus)。
派生: veteran (老兵), veterinary (兽医，原指照顾老旧役畜的人)。

词缀分析

前缀: in- (加强语气/使其进入)。
后缀: -ate (形容词后缀)。

文化背景

在社会评价中，这个词往往带有一点负面或讽刺的意味，尤其是形容 “inveterate gambler” (赌棍) 或 “inveterate smoker” (老烟枪)。但它也可以中性地形容一个人对某种爱好的极度热忱。

单词变形

副词: inveterately (根深蒂固地)
名词: inveteracy (积习难改)

记忆辅助

in- (加强) + veter (老)。“变老”了的东西通常很难改变，所以它代表“根深蒂固的”。

助记故事

“Uncle Bob was an inveterate collector of old newspapers. Every room in his house was filled with stacks of paper dating back to the 1950s. Whenever his wife suggested throwing them away, he would argue that they were ‘pieces of history,’ even though they were mostly just dusty piles.” (鲍勃叔叔是个根深蒂固的旧报纸收集者。他房子的每个房间都堆满了可追溯到 20 世纪 50 年代的报纸。每当他妻子建议把它们扔掉时，他都会争辩说那是“历史片段”，尽管它们大多只是尘土飞扬的废纸堆。)