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Custom Local Back Describe Circumstances   [Usu Poss 英

英语单词 custom
英美音标 英 ['kʌstəm] 美 ['kʌstəm]
中文释义 n.习惯;风俗;惯例
(复)Customs: 海关;关税
adj.定做的;定制的
英语例句 (1) The custom has now become a rule.
(2) It is my custom to go for a walk before breakfast.
(3) Custom rules the law.
(4) The custom prevails over the whole area.
(5) This custom was abrogated years ago.
(6) Please enter a name for the custom controller.
中文例句 (1) 那种习惯现已变为成规。
(2) 早餐前出去散散步是我的习惯。
(3) [谚]风俗左右法律。
(4) 这风俗存在于这整个地区。
(5) 这一惯例多年前业已废除。
(6) 请输入自定义控制器的名称。
vocabulary简明 If something has been done a certain way for a long time and has become generally accepted, it's a custom. Asking strangers for candy on one night a year would seem strange if it weren't an established custom.
vocabulary扩展 If you have been imprisoned in a far off country when you were just trying to blend in, you might have misunderstood the local customs. Custom can be traced back to the Latin verb consuescere, meaning "to accustom," in other words "to get used to." Custom can also describe something that you order made just the way you want it. Your five-seated bicycle is very original; was it custom-made?
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]风俗;习俗 A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
  [usu with supp]
  • The custom of lighting the Olympic flame goes back centuries...

    点燃奥林匹克圣火的习俗可以追溯到几个世纪前。

  • Chung has tried to adapt to local customs.

    钟努力去适应当地的风俗习惯。

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[N-SING 单数名词]个人习惯;习性;惯常行为 If it is your custom to do something, you usually do it in particular circumstances.
  [oft with poss]
  • It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously...

    他习惯谨慎地处理每一个问题。

  • As is the custom, police forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris.

    像往常一样,警方的法医专家对残骸进行了仔细的查看。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]光顾;惠顾 If a shop has your custom, you regularly buy things there.
  [usu with poss]
  [BRIT 英]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • You have the right to withhold your custom if you so wish...

    如果你这么不想来,你可以不再光顾。

  • Providing discounts is not the only way to win custom.

    打折并不是招揽顾客的唯一途径。

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[ADJ 形容词]定做的;量身设计的 If you use custom to describe something such as a vehicle or a piece of clothing, you mean that it has been designed for one particular customer.
  [ADJ n]
  • Her one-of-a-kind custom garments are priced from one hundred dollars to more than a thousand dollars.

    在她这里定做一件款型独一无二的衣服,价格从100美元到1,000美元以上不等。

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