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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ingrained
 (a.)根深蒂固的,徹底的,生染的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·grain v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.]
 1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
 2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
 3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
    Our fields ingrained with blood.   --Daniel.
    Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all.   --Helps.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ingrained
      adj : (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted;
            firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice";
            "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted
            convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a
            deeply planted need" [syn: deep-rooted, deep-seated,
             implanted, planted]