1. 表示做某事的习惯，其后通常要接 of doing sth作定语，通常不接不定式。如：
He has the irritating habit of biting his nails.
他有咬指甲的讨厌习惯。
I make a habit of never lending money to strangers. 我自己立下个规矩，从来不把钱借给生人。
I've got into the habit of turning on the TV as soon as I get home.
我习惯了一回家就打开电视。
I'm trying to break the habit of staying up too late.
我正试图改掉熬夜的习惯。
A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful.
改掉吃饭太快的坏习惯有一个好办法，那就是每吃一口就把刀叉放下。
He has no habit of smoking.
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他没有吸烟的嗜好。
They also have the irritating habit of interrupting.
他们还有打岔的烦人习惯。
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类似下面这样的句子虽然在habit后接了不定式，但不是定语，而是主语，注意句首使用的形式主语。如：
存档: keep in the archives Relative explainations:<on file> <grandfather> <filing> <archive> <archiving> Examples:1. 请把这些信件存档。Please file those letters.2. 我们已把你的全部资料存档.We have all your。
It is her habit to go for a walk after supper. 晚饭后散步是她的习惯。
It was not his habit to ask people for things. 他没有向别人要东西的习惯。
2. 注意以下有用搭配：
(1) 表示具有做某事的习惯，通常与have，be in搭配。如：
Is it in the habit of biting people? 你的狗咬人吗?
He has in the habit of rising early. 他有早起的习惯。
I'm not in the habit of letting strangers into my apartment.
我不习惯让陌生人进我家。
They were in the habit of giving two or three dinner parties a month...
他们每月举办两三次宴会，都成习惯了。
He has an endearing habit of licking his lips when he's nervous
他有个一紧张就舔嘴唇的可爱习惯。
Our Barry had a habit of doing that sort of thing.
我家巴里就习惯干那种事。
(2) 表示养成、沾染、形成做某事的习惯，通常与acquire，develop，fall into，form，get into，make等动词搭配。如：
I’ve got into the habit of switching on the TV as soon as I get home. 我已养成一到家就打开电视机的习惯。
I had got in the habit of going around with bare feet
我已经习惯光脚。
要努力养成经常将工作内容存盘的习惯。
I got into the habit of calling in on Gloria on my way home.
我养成了回家路上顺便去看格洛丽亚的习惯。
It’s very easy to fall into the habit of smoking，but extremely difficult to stop. 要养成吸烟的习惯很容易，但要戒掉却极其困难。
You can phone me at work as long as you don't make a habit of it.
你可以上班时给我打电话，只要别一来二去打上瘾了就成。
He's got into the habit of smoking.
他抽烟上瘾了。
She had formed the habit of giving herself freely to men
她已经养成了对男人投怀送抱的习惯。
She made a habit of coming in to take tea with Nanny Crabtree
她养成了进来和克拉布特里奶奶一起喝茶的习惯。
(3) 表示打破或戒除做某事的习惯，通常与break，get out of，get rid of，give up，kick等动词搭配。如：
If you continue to smoke，keep trying to break the habit
如果你还在吸烟的话，就尽量戒除这个习惯吧。
I wish I could get out of the habit of smoking. 我希望我能改掉吸烟的习惯。
You must break off [get rid of] the habit of telling lies. 你必须戒掉说谎的习惯。
She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit .
她戒过烟，但就是戒不掉。
She expostulated with her husband on his habit of smoking in bed.
她劝戒丈夫改掉在床上吸烟的习惯。
She's kicked her drug habit and learned that her life has value
她已经戒了毒，并且认识到了生命可贵。
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3. 表示“出于习惯”，一般用介词out of habit。如：
I only do it out of habit .
我这么做只是出于习惯。
很多人是出于习惯往食物里加盐，事先甚至连尝都不尝。
I sat in my old seat purely out of habit. 我完全是习惯性地坐到了我的老位子上。
有时也用from the habit。如：
I smoke only from habit; I wish I could break the habit. 我吸烟只是一种习惯，我希望改掉这个习惯。
'You're getting to be a habit with me，' sang Eddie.
“你让我无法自拔，”埃迪唱道。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
do something out of habit
习惯性做某事
develop/form a habit
养成/形成习惯
drug habit毒瘾
cocaine habit可卡因毒瘾
smoking habit烟瘾
break（kick、give up） a habit戒除（坏）习惯
