释义 |
inure /ɪˈnjʊə / /ɪˈnjɔː/verb [with object]1 (usually be inured to) Accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant: these children have been inured to violence...- Naturally, Critser found all this perturbing but, like most people, he was inured to the daily diet of doom and gloom fed to him by the press - all the more so since he belongs to its massed ranks himself.
- We are perhaps inured to some of its excesses, but I don't think any Scot does not find it reprehensible.
- After seven years in the firing line with Rangers and three-and-a-half years prising out body pellets at Goodison Park, Smith is inured to criticism.
Synonyms harden, toughen, season, temper, condition; accustom, habituate, familiarize, acclimatize, adjust, adapt, attune; desensitize, dehumanize, brutalize, case-harden rare indurate 2 Law variant spelling of enure (sense 1).Private property is in essence a cluster of rights inuring to the benefit of the owner, freely exchangeable in accordance with the terms of private agreements, and recognized and protected by common consent....- It inures to the benefit of the victim and the victim's family.
- The higher charge didn't inure to the benefit of the defendants in that case.
OriginLate Middle English inure, enure, from an Anglo-Norman French phrase meaning 'in use or practice', from en 'in' + Old French euvre 'work' (from Latin opera). Rhymesabjure, adjure, allure, amour, assure, Bahawalpur, boor, Borobudur, Cavour, coiffure, conjure, couture, cure, dastur, de nos jours, doublure, dour, embouchure, endure, ensure, enure, gravure, immature, immure, impure, Jaipur, Koh-i-noor, Kultur, liqueur, lure, manure, moor, Moore, Muir, mure, Nagpur, Namur, obscure, parkour, photogravure, plat du jour, Pompadour, procure, pure, rotogravure, Ruhr, Saussure, secure, simon-pure, spoor, Stour, sure, tour, Tours, velour, Yom Kippur, you're |