confirmed habits are hard to get rid of.; bad old practices die hard.; do not readily break oneself of the habit; ingrained habits cannot be cast off overnight.; it is usually difficult to give up a habit.; old habits are difficult to drop.; old habits are difficult to get rid of.; problems accumulated over the years cannot be resolved overnight
Example Sentences:
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The life here is more intense, more violent, more rutted than life anywhere else . 这里的生活比别处紧张，比别处狂热，比别处更积重难返了。
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But although the system will not fall apart overnight , with the years , the rust will set in 但尽管贸易系统不会在一夜之间崩溃，但多年之后也将积重难返。
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And , most necessary of all , mr bush wants to make some progress towards tackling america ' s gathering health - care crisis 同时，布什总统希望能够在这个亟待解决的问题? ?即积重难返的医疗问题上有所作为。
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Traditional education steps down hard ; creative education forges with difficulty . the popular education abuses need the impact of the idea of activity 传统教育积重难返，素质教育、创新教育举步维艰。广泛存在的教育弊端需要活动教育思想的冲击。
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" all nations should help support the development of a global university designed to engage students in the process of solving the world ' s most persistent social problems . “所有国家应该伸出援助之手，来推动建立一所世界大学，从而使学生置身于解决世界上最积重难返的社会问题这一进程。 ”
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These economies must implement necessary structural reforms to achieve higher growth rates - - to benefit their own citizens and to prevent the build - up of imbalances in the global economy 这些经济体必须进行必要的结构改革以提高经济增长率。这不仅有利于这些国家的人民，也有助于防止全球经济不平衡积重难返。
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In china , under the influence of legal tradition and continental legal system , the evidence system pays more attention to substantive law rather than adjective law . in addition to the unscientific setting of the testimony standard , this evidence system influence the effect and quality of our country " s criminal trial 在我国，由于受传统法律思想和大陆法系证据制度的影响，重实体轻程序的审判思想积重难返，加之证明标准设置缺乏科学性，严重影响了我国刑事审判的效率和质量。
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At present , the phenomena of lacking credit are very serious in our country . such behaviors are very popular : business swindle , selling fake commodities , breaching contract , being in debt among one another , enterprises have no the three necessities , enterprises that put their stock in market give false number on their property . the serious credit loss has become an important factor to decide whether the market can develop healthily or not 而我国目前“信用缺失”的现象十分严重：商业欺诈屡见不鲜、假冒伪劣久治不愈、毁约违法司空见惯、 “三角债”积重难返、 “三无”企业屡禁不止、上市公司虚报瞒报登峰造极… …严重的信用缺失已成为我国市场经济能否进一步健康发展的瓶颈，尽快建立有效的信用体系是经济发展迫在眉睫的需要。
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The measure of constructing roads at the expense of huge money temporarily relieve the too crowded section of highways , but it induces more cars , which in turn makes the traffic more crowded , even paralyzed . so the construction of the city is plunged into the strange circle of “ crowding ? construction ? relieving ? crowding again ” , which tampers with the sustainable development of the city 作为缓解交通拥挤措施之一的耗巨资进行道路建设虽然暂时缓和了某些路段,却诱发了小汽车数量的再次增加,使交通更加拥挤甚至瘫痪,从而城市建设又陷入了“拥挤? ?建设? ?缓和? ?再拥挤”积重难返的怪圈,严重影响了城市的可持续发展。
