C U 习惯，习性 a tendency to behave in a particular way or do particular thing, especially regularly and repeatedly over a long period

　acquire a ～　养成某种习惯
　become a ～　成为习惯
　break a ～　戒掉某种习惯
　build up ～　养成习惯
　change one's ～s　改变习惯
　contract ～　养成习惯
　correct a ～　改正一种习惯
　cultivate ～　养成习惯
　cure a ～　纠正习惯
　destroy a ～　破坏习惯
　develop a ～　养成一种习惯
　discard ～　戒除习惯
　drop a ～　中止一种习惯
　establish a ～　养成一种习惯
　fall into a ～　养成一种习惯
　follow a ～　遵守一种习惯
　form a ～　形成一种习惯
　get rid of ～　戒除习惯
　implant ～　养成习惯
　inculcate ～　养成习惯
　keep a ～　保持一种习惯
　kick the ～　戒掉嗜好
　maintain a ～　保持一种习惯
　make a ～ of　形成…习惯，总做…
　overcome ～　戒掉嗜好
　root up ～　改掉习惯
　abstemious ～　饮食有度的习惯
　bad ～　坏习惯
　correct ～s　合乎礼仪的习惯
　foreign ～　异国风尚
　funny ～　可笑的习惯
　general ～　普通的习惯
　good ～　好习惯
　luxurious ～　奢侈的习性
　national ～　民族风俗
　old ～　老习惯
　personal ～　个人习惯
　strange ～　奇怪的习惯
　cigarette ～　烟瘾
　dictionary ～　查词典的习惯
　dress ～　衣着习惯
　drinking ～　纵酒恶习
　drug ～　吸毒成癖
　living ～s　生活习惯
　reading ～　读书癖
　smoking ～　抽烟的习惯
　tea ～　饮茶的习惯
　from ～　出于习惯
　force of ～　习惯势力
　out of ～　出于习惯
　～ of　…的习惯
　～ of mind　性情
　～ of smoking　吸烟的习惯
　～ of wild animals　野兽的习性

　Some of the things we do scarcely give a thought to; we just do them from habit.　我们做某些事并非深思熟虑，而仅仅出于习惯。
　After a few weeks of firm control, the teacher was able to relax his grip on the class, who continued to obey him out of habit.　几周的严格管理后，这位老师终于放松了对这个班学生的控制，因为他们已习惯于服从他的管教了。
　The habit is easily acquired but broken up with difficulty.　这种习惯养成容易，摒弃难。
　The habit carries over from my childhood.　这一习惯从我小时候起就一直保持下来。
　Now, not enough is being done to educate smokers about the benefits of stopping the habit.　在教育吸烟者懂得戒烟的好处方面目前还做得不够。
　Relatives should try to persuade smokers to kick the habit.　亲属们应设法说服吸烟者戒烟。
　Since theft has become his habit, he should be confined.　偷盗既然成了他的习惯，就该把他关起来。
　I declared war against the bad habits.　我决心与坏习惯作斗争。
　We must civilize away the boy's bad habits.　我们必须教育这孩子使其改掉恶习。
　He binds over to give up his bad habits.　他发誓放弃坏习惯。
　He has grown out of the bad habits of his boyhood days.　他已长大了，戒除了儿时的不良习惯。
　It is difficult to adjust one's habits to someone else.　一个人很难使自己的习惯适于他人。
　His tastes and habits coincide with those of his wife.　他的爱好跟习惯恰好和他的妻子相同。
　They often give talks, advising children to acquire hygienic habits.　他们常常作报告，让孩子们养成良好的卫生习惯。
　She was a young lady in a close-fitting habit.　她是一个穿着紧身骑装的年轻女子。
　The nun wears her own special habit.　那修女穿着自己独特的服装。
　His wife is already off the habit.　他妻子已戒去毒瘾。
　John has always been trying to keep up a cheerful habit of mind.　约翰努力保持一种欢乐的性情。
　Resistance is a natural habit of men who have been oppressed.　反抗是被压迫者的天性。
　It is a good habit to eat slowly.　细嚼慢咽是个好习惯。
　He made it a habit to take a walk after lunch.　他每次午饭后总要去散散步。
　The habit of obedience was burned into me as a child.　我从小就养成了顺从的习惯。
　We can't expect one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.　我们不能期望一个人一辈子养成的习惯短时期就能改变。
　In a new job, one should fling off old habits of thought.　干一项新的工作就应该摆脱旧的思维习惯。
　He has laid aside the habit of smoking.　他已戒除抽烟的习惯。
　It pays to study the events of the past, since history has a habit of repeating itself.　研究过去的事件是有益处的，因为历史往往会重演。
　He has a habit of biting his lips when he is puzzled.　他感到困惑时有咬嘴唇的习惯。

 ♣ be in the habit of
　习惯于…，有…的习惯　have a tendency to behave in a particular way or do particular thing
　Are you in the habit of rising early?　你有早起的习惯吗?
　It was impossible to discuss anything private over the telephone, as the operator was in the habit of listening in.　在电话里不能谈私人的秘密，因为接线员有窃听电话的习惯。
 ♣ break the/one's habit(s)
　打破习惯　stop the habit
　You must break your bad habit of interrupting a speaker.　你必须改掉打断别人讲话的坏习惯。
　We must break the child's habit of biting his nails.　我们必须使这个孩子改掉咬指甲的习惯。
　When a man comes to my age, habits are everything, and it is really dreadful to have to break your habits.　当一个人到了我这个年龄的时候，习惯就是一切，如果一个人不得不打破习惯，那可真可怕。
　He is determined to break all the bad habits.　他决心改掉所有坏习惯。
 ♣ form the/one's habit(s)
　养成习惯　start a habit of
　It's true that once you formed the habit of smoking, you'll find it extremely difficult to get out of it.　的确如此，一旦养成抽烟的习惯，要改掉是非常难的。
　The young worker has formed the habit of having every tool in its place.　这位青年工人已习惯于把每一件工具放在应该放的位置。
　Children should form the good habits from the very beginning.　孩子们从一开始就应养成良好的习惯。
　They need to form the habit of reading carefully.　他们得养成仔细读书的习惯。
 ♣ get into a/the habit
　学会；养成…习惯　learn or become accustomed to
　The boy has got into the habit of washing his hands before meals.　那男孩已养成饭前洗手的习惯。
　John, however, had gotten into the habit of drinking too much liquor.　可是，约翰已养成了酗酒的坏习惯。
　You should get into the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.　你们应该养成早睡早起的习惯。
 ♣ make a habit of
　做（某事）成了习惯　do regularly; develop the habit of
　He made a habit of taking a nap after lunch.　他养成了午饭后小睡的习惯。
 ♣ pick up some〔any〕 habits
　染上…的习惯　acquire or obtain by chance, or unexpectedly
　I don't want to pick up any bad habits from those people.　我不想从那些人那里染上任何坏习惯。

 ♣ habit, custom
　参见custom条。
 ♣ habit, practice, usage
　这组词的共同意思是“习惯做法”。其区别在于：
1. habit指一个人有规律地经常做某事，由于这种动作某人反复地做，久而久之形成自然习惯或习性，做时不用思索。
2. usage指多个人使用某物或做某件事的一种普遍方法。例如：
　It was common usage for dried fish to be wrapped in newspaper.　用报纸包干鱼是一种普遍应用的方法。
3. practice常常表示一个人有意识地去“培养”而形成的习惯做法。例如：
　The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.　那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
　Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices.　有了这样一条指导原则，一些医生可能渐渐习惯于采取骗人的做法。

1. 他养成了喝酒的习惯。
　［误］ He has fallen into the habit to drink.
　［正］ He has fallen into the habit of drinking.
　他养成每星期四晚上拜访他兄弟的习惯。
　［误］ He has fallen into the habit to call at his brother's flat on Thursday evenings.
　［正］ He has fallen into the habit of calling at his brother's flat on Thursday evenings.
　［析］ habit后不能用动词不定式作定语，只能用"of n./v-ing”形式。
2. 汤姆习惯把手插到裤子的口袋里。
　［误］ It was a habit of Tom to put his hands in his trousers pockets.
　［正］ It was a habit with Tom to put his hands in his trousers pockets.
　［析］ 句型It's a habit with sb to-v为固定结构，其中with不可换为of.

　［同义词］ addiction, bent, constitution, convention, custom, mode, nature, usage
　［词源］　拉丁语habitus（特征，情况）