To habituate is to get used to something by meeting it again and again, until it feels normal, or until your body stops jumping every time. You can habituate yourself to early mornings; a village can become habituated to the sound of trains.

To habituate is to get used to somethinghabituate是指對某件事情變得習慣 by meeting it again and again透過一次又一次地遇到它 until it feels normal直到覺得那很正常 or until your body stops jumping every time或是直到身體不再每次都嚇一跳 You can habituate yourself to early mornings你可以habituate自己去適應早起 a village can become habituated to the sound of trains一個村子也可能habituated於火車的聲音

Psychologists use a colder cousin, habituation: a noise that scared you on day one barely registers on day ten. There is a medical stretch too, a little darker — a patient habituated to a drug, meaning the body now expects it — but that is clinic English, not café English.

Psychologists use a colder cousin, habituation:心理學家用一個比較冷硬的親戚字，habituation（習慣化） a noise that scared you on day one barely registers on day ten第一天嚇到你的噪音，到第十天幾乎沒感覺了 There is a medical stretch too, a little darker還有一種醫學上的延伸用法，稍微陰暗一點 a patient habituated to a drug病人對某種藥物habituated meaning the body now expects it意思是身體現在會期待它 but that is clinic English, not café English但那是診間裡的英文，不是咖啡廳裡的英文

The verb itself is formal. In ordinary talk, people just say get used to. Older writing also used it for “be in the habit of,” which is why it sits so close to habit and to French habitué.

The verb itself is formal.這個動詞本身很正式 In ordinary talk, people just say日常對話裡，大家就直接說 get used toget used to（變得習慣） Older writing also used it for "be in the habit of,"比較舊的文章也會用它來表示「有…的習慣」 which is why it sits so close to habit and to French habitué這也是為什麼它跟habit、還有法文的habitué這麼靠近