wont

/wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt/US // wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt //UK // (wəʊnt) //

故意的,故意,故意为之

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

n.名词 noun

1
- : custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.

v.有主动词 verb

1
wont, wont or wont·ed, wont·ing.
- : to accustom, as to a thing: That summer wonted me to a lifetime of early rising.
- : to render customary or usual.

v.无主动词 verb

adj.in the habit of

Synonyms

Forgive my candor, though such is my wont, but much like that moose on a spit, Bernie is dead.
The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”
It has been, as contestants on TV talent shows are wont to say, a “journey.”
Allen responded with his own op-ed in the Times, and the media, as is their wont, proceeded to pick sides.
As celebrities on the movie promotion circuit are wont to do, Cameron Diaz is hawking her latest cause celebre.
In discussing Duns Scotus, I have given less from his writings than has been my wont with other philosophers.
Later on, I believe, a child is wont to have his favourite colour, and to be ready to defend it against the preferences of others.
He had been wont to do this on other occasions, because the enemy with nine ships was within sight of the fort.
In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.
Yet the feeling is in most children weak and vacillating, and is wont to be mixed with other and less noble ones.

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

n.名词 noun

1
- : custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.

v.有主动词 verb

1
wont, wont or wont·ed, wont·ing.
- : to accustom, as to a thing: That summer wonted me to a lifetime of early rising.
- : to render customary or usual.

v.无主动词 verb

Examples

Forgive my candor, though such is my wont, but much like that moose on a spit, Bernie is dead.

The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”

It has been, as contestants on TV talent shows are wont to say, a “journey.”

Allen responded with his own op-ed in the Times, and the media, as is their wont, proceeded to pick sides.

As celebrities on the movie promotion circuit are wont to do, Cameron Diaz is hawking her latest cause celebre.

In discussing Duns Scotus, I have given less from his writings than has been my wont with other philosophers.

Later on, I believe, a child is wont to have his favourite colour, and to be ready to defend it against the preferences of others.

He had been wont to do this on other occasions, because the enemy with nine ships was within sight of the fort.

In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.

Yet the feeling is in most children weak and vacillating, and is wont to be mixed with other and less noble ones.