中文的「習慣」有兩個意思。教育部國語辭典:習慣
- 長期養成,一時不容易改變的行為模式或地方風尚
- 逐漸適應。如:「她已習慣都市裡繁忙的生活步調。」
英文的 be used to 的意思是 2 。對照英英字典:
The Random House Unabridged Dictionary
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/used--to
- used to, accustomed or habituated to:
I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early.
或是這個的字義說明比較白話些:
Longman Dictionary
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/be-get-used-to-doing-something
be/get used to (doing) something
to have experienced something so that it no longer seems surprising, difficult, strange etc
- I do the dishes every day, so I’m used to it.
以 Longman 字典的例句來說,畢竟只有一句,沒有上下文,Google 也找不到這句子的原始出處,不過這本小說的這部份內容倒是很適合:
p 88, Where Grace Abides By BJ Hoff, 2009 (*1)
Gant couldn't resist needling him a bit. "An Amish fellow doing dishes? Now there's a surprise."
Gideon turned around with a grin. "Have to admit the first few times I cleaned up my own plates it felt might strange. I'm used to it now, ...."
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(*1) p 88, Where Grace Abides By BJ Hoff, 2009