inveterate，英语单词，主要用作形容词，作形容词时译为“根深的；积习的；成癖的”。

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

inveterate /ɪnˈvɛtərɪt/ TEM8

1.ADJ If you describe someone as, for example, an inveterate liar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it. 根深蒂固的 [ADJ n]

inveterate love 刻苦铭心的爱

inveterate deepseated 已变成性格的中心

Inveterate Weakness 痼癖

inveterate action 痼癖动作

inveterate criminal 屡教不改的罪犯

inveterate foe 顽固的敌人 ; 顽敌