habit, practice, custom, convention

• that proved to be my undoing, for i soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
  這證明是我的失敗，因為我不久就回到在電視屏幕前打瞌睡的壞習慣去了。

• on the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat——the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.
  在另一方面，一想到用動物油煎馬鈴薯，你便會作嘔。然而在許多北歐國家里，這是為大家接受的通常習慣。
• she walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open,yet following her general practice she had shut them before going out.
  她慢慢地走進廳堂，并且立刻發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的房門都是開著的。但是按照她自己的一般習慣，她在外出前總是把門全部關好的。

• don't be a slave to custom.
  不要做風俗習慣的奴隸。
• from the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behaviour.
  一個人從誕生的那一時刻起，他降生后所處的風俗習慣便給他的閱歷和行為定型。

• they disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.
  他們不顧社會習俗，并未意識到自己在做些與眾不同的事。

名詞 habit:

1. an established custom
   同義詞：wont
2. a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition
   同義詞：use, wont
3. a distinctive attire (as the costume of a religious order)
4. excessive use of drugs
   同義詞：substance abuse, drug abuse

動詞 habit:

1. put a habit on

1. He is in the habit of rising early.
   他有早起的習慣。
2. My colleague has broken off the habit of smoking.
   我的同事已經(jīng)戒掉了吸煙的習慣。

hab.it

n.（名詞）

A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition.
習慣：一種由于不斷的重復而形成的反復出現(xiàn)，經(jīng)常是無意識的行為方式
An established disposition of the mind or character.
氣質(zhì)：一種固有的心靈或性格上的傾向
Customary manner or practice:
習性：習慣性的舉止或做法：
例句：
a person of ascetic habits.
節(jié)欲苦行的人

An addiction, especially to a narcotic drug.
上癮：上癮，特別是對毒品上癮
Physical constitution.
身體的素質(zhì)
Characteristic appearance, form, or manner of growth, especially of a plant or crystal.
習性，特性：典型的外貌、形式或生長方式，尤指植物和晶體

A distinctive dress or costume, especially of a religious order.
宗教服裝：獨特的衣服或裝束，尤指宗教教派所穿的
A riding habit.
婦女騎裝：騎馬時所穿的衣服
v.tr.（及物動詞）
hab.it.ed,hab.it.ing,hab.its
To clothe; dress.
給…穿衣服；打扮

來源：
Middle English [clothing]
中古英語 [衣服]
from Old French [clothing, behavior, custom]
源自 古法語 [衣服，行為，習慣]
from Latin habitus [from past participle of] habôre [to have] * see ghabh-
源自 拉丁語 habitus [] 源自habôre的過去分詞 [有] *參見 ghabh-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>habit,practice,custom,usage,use,wont,habitudeThese nouns denote patterns of behavior established by continual repetition.
這些名詞都表示由于不斷的重復而形成的行為方式。
Habit applies to a way of actingso ingrained in an individualthat it is done without conscious thought:
Habit 用來指一個人根深蒂固的一種行為方式，它如此地根深蒂固，以致于人們不用有意識地去想就能完成這個動作。
例句：
trying to break the smoking habit;
試圖戒掉煙癮；

例句：
has a habit of closing his eyes when he tells a story.
他在講故事的時候習慣于把眼晴閉上。

例句：
.Habit rules the unreflecting herd. (William Wordsworth).
.習慣驅(qū)使著沒有思想的羊群. （威廉·華滋華斯）。

Practice denotes a customary, often chosen pattern of individual or group behavior:
Practice 指一種個體或群體的常規(guī)的，選擇采取的行為方式：
例句：
It is our practice to eat an early dinner.
我們習慣于很早就吃晚飯。

例句：
.You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir. (Martin Joseph Routh).
.先生，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)經(jīng)常核對你的參考材料是一個很有益的習慣. （馬丁·約瑟夫·勞斯）。

Custom is either individual or group behavior as established by long practice and especially by accepted conventions:
Custom 是指由于長時間的實踐；尤其是公認傳統(tǒng)確立的個人或群體的一種行為方式：
例句：
.No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. (Carrie Chapman Catt).
.沒有一條成文法令比受民意支持的未成文的習慣更有約束力. （卡利·查普曼·卡特）。

Usage refers to customary practice that has become an accepted standard for a groupand thus regulates individual behavior:
Usage 是一種已成為被公眾接受的群體行為準則，而能約束個人行為的習慣性作法：
例句：
.laws . . . . corrected, altered, and amended by acts of parliament and common usage. (William Blackstone).
.法律…通過議會的決議和普通接受的習俗而被更正、修改和修補. （威廉·布萊克斯通）。

Use andwont are terms for the customary and distinctive practice of an individual or a group:
Use 和wont 是描述個人或群體習慣性的獨特行為的用語：
例句：
.situations where the use and wont of their fathers no longer meet their necessities. (J.A. Froude).
.他們父輩的習慣性作法無法解決他們的困難情況. （J·A·弗勞德）。

Habitude refers to an individual`s habitual disposition to behave in a certain way rather than to a specific act:
Habitude 指個人以某種方式行事的習慣性傾向而不是指某一個具體的行為：
例句：
.His real habitude gave life and grace/To appertainings and to ornament. (Shakespeare).
.他的習慣是增添生機和光彩/對那些附屬物和裝飾物. （莎士比亞）