使习惯;使适应(某种行为、环境或做法)。常用于“habituate someone/oneself to something / doing something”。(也可指“变得习惯”,但更常见为及物用法。)
/ həˈbɪtʃuˌeɪt /
She gradually habituated herself to waking up early.
她逐渐让自己习惯早起。
Over time, the noise of the city habituated the newcomers, and they stopped noticing it during work and sleep.
随着时间推移,城市的噪音让新来的人逐渐习惯了,他们在工作和睡觉时都不再注意到它。
来自拉丁语 habituare(“使成为习惯”),与 habitus(“习惯、状态、体态”)同源,核心含义是“通过反复接触而形成稳定的习惯/适应”。