| 词汇 | old habits die hard |
| 释义 | old habits die hardold habits die hard 1 CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTused to say that it takes a long time to change to a new way of doing something 旧的习惯/传统/习俗很难改变 Examples from the Corpus old habits/traditions/customs die hard• It was probably unnecessary, she thought, but old habits died hard.• Things were going well, but old habits die hard.• This is an area where old customs die hard.• But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.• Perhaps because it's an island old customs die hard here. → old habits/traditions/customs die hard at die1(7) 2 HABITused to say that it is difficult to make people change their attitudes or behaviour 旧习难改 She knew it probably wasn’t necessary anymore, but old habits die hard. 她知道这也许已经没有必要了，但是旧习难改。 Examples from the Corpus old habits die hard• It was probably unnecessary, she thought, but old habits died hard.• Things were going well, but old habits die hard.• But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins. → old habits die hard at habit(4) |
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