He must be joking, I thought. Claude, a professor, was an inveterate atheist.

他一定是在开玩笑，。劳德是位教授，他是根深蒂固的无神论者。

The trilling wire in the blood sings below inveterate scars appeasing long-forgotten wars.

血液中发着颤音的弦在永不消失的伤疤下歌唱，安抚那早已忘却的战争。

As an inveterate traveler, his work changed as often as his landscapes did, especially in Venice.

作为一生游历各地的画家，他的作品会随着所游历之地的地形而发生变化，尤其是威尼斯。

But Mr. Bolton is an inveterate disrupter, eagerly upsetting the status quo in furtherance of his policy goals.

但博尔顿的确是打破现状，推进他的政策目标并且积习已深的破坏分子。

If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.

如果们烟瘾大，戒不掉，那是因为屡戒屡败，失去了信心。