adj.習(xí)慣了的;通常的
He was accustomed to command, not to entreat. 他習(xí)慣于發(fā)號施令,而不是懇求他人。
I might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such responses. 若非我已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了這樣的回答,我可能不敢輕易相信。
He is accustom to get up at six. 他習(xí)慣于6點起床。
She sat in her accustomed place reading. 她坐在她慣常坐的地方讀書。
The stars will avert their gaze from these men and alter their accustomed course. 恒星會從這些人當(dāng)中轉(zhuǎn)移它們的視野,改變了它們通常的路線。
accustomed的基本意思是“慣常的”,是正式用詞,作定語時,表示長期如此而養(yǎng)成的習(xí)慣,已被別人熟悉和了解,作表語時表示“習(xí)慣于某事”或“習(xí)慣于做某事”。
be accustomed后可接“to+動名詞”,也可接動詞不定式,其意義無明顯差別,只是接“to+動名詞”時更強調(diào)“習(xí)慣于(做)…”,接動詞不定式時更強調(diào)“習(xí)以為?!?。
accustomed不用于比較等級。
adj.異乎慣例的;不習(xí)慣的