| 单词 | accustom |
| 释义 | accustom (once / 132 pages) v The verb accustom means to become used to or familiar with something; to make something a habit. If there is a new baby in your family, you will most likely become accustomed to changing diapers. Although the verb accustom looks like it should be related to the word custom, it actually comes through costume, through the Old French acostumer, with à, meaning "to," and costume, meaning "fashion or habit." Now it retains the meaning to make something a habit. You can accustom yourself to loud sirens if you live in a city or to the sound of crickets if you live in the country. Parents often cannot become accustomed to the musical taste of their kids. WORD FAMILYaccustom: accustomed, accustoming, accustoms+/accustomed: accustomedly, unaccustomed/unaccustomed: unaccustomedly USAGE EXAMPLESIn the past few decades, we’ve grown accustomed to holding corporations responsible for their labor practices and environmental records. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Does that mean your primary objection is no longer to the “chaos, poor behavior and pretty rough playing that the other kids are accustomed to?” Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) That is a tall order for Justice Department lawyers who are more accustomed to hunting down bad characters than to setting up offshore charities. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) v make psychologically or physically used (to something) Syn|Hypo|Hyper habituate harden, indurate, inure cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate teachaccustom gradually to some action or attitude addict, hookto cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) callous, cauterise, cauterizemake insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals brace oneself for, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself forprepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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