- familiar with something because you do it or experience it often习惯于;适应
- used to doing something I'm not used to eating so much at lunchtime.我不习惯午饭吃那么多。🔊🔊
- used to somebody/something doing something He was used to people asking him for autographs.他已经习惯了要求他签名的人。
- I'm used to things going wrong in my life.我已经习惯了生活中出错的地方。
- I'm so used to answering this question, sometimes it's automatic.我很习惯回答这个问题,有时是自动的。
- used to somebody/something I found the job tiring at first but I soon got used to it.起初我觉得这份工作很累人,但很快就习惯了。🔊🔊
- Maybe I just need some time to get used to the idea of being a mother也许我只需要一些时间就习惯成为母亲的想法
- She had gradually grown used to him.她已逐渐适应了他。
Which Word? used to / be used toused to / be used to- Do not confuse used to do something with be used to something.
- You use used to do something to talk about something that happened regularly or was the case in the past, but is not now:
- I used to smoke, but I gave up a couple of years ago.我以前抽烟,但几年前就戒掉了。
- You use be used to (doing) something to talk about something that you are familiar with so that it no longer seems new or strange to you:
- We’re used to the noise from the traffic now.现在我们已经适应车辆往来的噪音了。
- I’m used to getting up early.我习惯早起。
You can also use get used to something:亦可用 get used to sth:- Don’t worry—you’ll soon get used to his sense of humour.别担心,你不久就会适应他的幽默感。
- I didn’t think I could ever get used to living in a big city after living in the country.我觉得我在农村住了之后就无法适应大城市的生活了。
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- that has belonged to or been used by somebody else before用过的;旧的;二手的 synonym second-hand
- used cars二手汽车
- used books/equipment二手书/设备
- The board game looked used.看来这副棋是旧的。
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See full entry - that has already been used用过的;旧的;二手的