| 单词 | to be set in one's ways |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be set (also stuck) in one's ways (k) Originally U.S. to be set (also stuck) in one's ways: to have had the same habits or views for a long time; to be unsusceptible or resistant to change. ΚΠ 1856 Democratic Pharos (Logansport, Indiana) 13 Feb. He cannot, of course, be argued out of his opinion—he is too aged and set in his ways. 1895 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 28 Aug. 5/1 A mother too set in her ways to permit any innovations in housekeeping methods. 1921 S. Kaye-Smith Joanna Godden i. 32 Now the folks around here, they're middling sensible, but..they're stuck in their ways. 1946 C. McCullers Member of Wedding ii. 43 He was a widowman, for her mother had died the very day that she was born—and, as a widowman, set in his ways. 2014 Daily Tel. 8 Aug. 16/1 Back in the Eighties someone explained to me that emails were on the way... ‘No!’ I protested... ‘I'm too stuck in my ways to learn something new.’ < as lemmas |
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