tradition
n. 惯例，传统；传说
n.
传统；惯例；[宗]经外传说；[法]移交，引渡
变形
复数：traditions
双语释义
n.(名词)[C][U]传统 passing of beliefs or customs from one generation to the next
[C][U]惯例 belief or custom passed on in this way; any long-established method, practice, etc.
英英释义
tradition[ trə'diʃən ]
n.
an inherited pattern of thought or action
a specific practice of long standing
同义词：custom
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
break traditions打破传统
carry〔destroy, hand down〕 a tradition发扬〔毁掉,继承〕传统
keep up〔maintain, uphold〕 a tradition保持传统
形容词+～
ancient〔old〕 traditions古老的传统
fine〔new〕 tradition优良〔新〕传统
historic〔national, religious〕 tradition历史〔民族,宗教〕传统
simple tradition朴素的传统
名词+～
family tradition家族传统
介词+～
by tradition根据惯例
in a tradition按某一传统
词组短语
cultural tradition文化传统
by tradition照传统；根据口传
oral tradition口头传统；口传；口传
同近义词辨析
tradition, customtradition世代相传的一整套原则和做法等
custom指长期而广泛采用的行为或方法，即风俗习惯
habit, practice, tradition, convention, usage, manners, custom这组词都有“习惯，风俗，传统”的意思，其区别是：
habit侧重于自然养成的，不易去掉的个人习惯。
practice常指习惯性的做法或行为。
tradition广义指世代相传的伦理、行为规范和生活方式，特指因长久奉行而几乎具有法律效力的习惯、习俗，侧重历史意义。
convention多指约定俗成的行为方式规则或公认的标准，或指艺术上公认的技巧。
usage指持续时间长，为很多人公认采纳的惯例、习俗。
manners指在某一时期或某一团体中盛行的社会礼仪或社会风俗模式。
custom指一个国家、一个民族、一个地区或一个社会的习惯、行为方式或风俗习惯。也可指个人的习惯。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
We shall carry forward the revolutionary tradition.
我们应该发扬革命传统。
In many countries young people still keep up the tradition that women will get married in a long white dress.
许多国家里，年轻人仍保持着妇女结婚时穿白色长礼服的传统。
They still follow the tradition of their fathers.
他们仍然继承著他们祖先的传统。
The older generation are respectful of tradition.
年老的一辈尊重传统。
They decided to break with tradition.
他们决定打破惯例。
It was very sad to see the tradition die.
看到这个惯例取消，感到非常悲伤。
This decision represents a complete break with tradition.
这一决定完全打破了以往的惯例。
权威例句
The Invention of TraditionThe Invention of tradition /
Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition
Methods for the assessment of human body composition: Tradition and new
The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change by Thomas S. Kuhn
Leadership, Muslim identities and East African politics tradition, bureaucratization and communication
The Machiavellian Moment:Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition
"On the conflicts between biological and social evolution and between psychology and moral tradition": Reprise
SCAN (Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry) and the PSE (Present State Examination) Tradition
The Kuhnian Perspective. (Book Reviews: The Essential Tension. Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change)
tradition (n.)
late 14c., "statement, belief, or practice handed down from generation to generation," especially "belief or practice based on Mosaic law," from Old French tradicion "transmission, presentation, handing over" (late 13c.) and directly from Latin traditionem (nominative traditio) "delivery, surrender, a handing down, a giving up," noun of action from past participle stem of tradere "deliver, hand over," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). The word is a doublet of treason (q.v.). Meaning "a long-established custom" is from 1590s. The notion is of customs, ways, beliefs, doctrines, etc. "handed down" from one generation to the next.
"Nobody can make a tradition; it takes a century to make it." [Hawthorne, "Septimius Felton," 1872]
1. We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it.
我们尊重传统，但不被传统所束缚。
《新英汉大辞典》
2. There is no genuine Maya tradition behind any of this.
但没有任何真实的玛雅传统支持这些说法。
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3. One of the great things about the vampire tradition is that you make it your own.
关于吸血鬼传说最伟大的事情之一就是你可以让它成为你自己的。
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4. If you know how and when the tradition began write it down in your heritage album.
如果你知道这个传统是何时以及怎么开始的，也在你的族谱上记录下来吧。
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5. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress.
你们一起展现了传统与发展之间的和谐。
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6. "As for the future, let me do my work and we will have periodic checks whether I am in sync with that tradition or I deviate from that," he said.
"对于未来,让我尽自己的本分,我们每隔一段时间会检查我的表现是否符合这样的传统,或者已偏离正道,"他说.(完)
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7. The two groups should listen to each other so that policies and programmes integrate the best of the new with the best of tradition.
这两个群体应当相互听取对方的意见，从而通过各项政策和计划使最佳新技术与最佳传统知识相结合。
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8. But we also have to face as we go into this deeper dialogue of our own tradition, the darker chapters.
可是随着我们与自己的传统开展更深刻的对话，我们也必须面对较晦暗的篇章。
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9. It is now my birthday. In the US, we have a tradition that when you blow out the candles on your birthday cake, you should make a wish.
今天是我的生日.在美国,有这样一个传统:当你吹灭生日蛋糕上的蜡烛的时候,就可以许一个愿望.
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10. How does this tradition come from?
这个传统是怎么来的？
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11. Tradition at our school’s prom was to stay out all night with yours friends.
我们学校的舞会传统是，你必须同你的朋友在外面待上一整夜。
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12. Groups of reporters and admirers are often on hand to watch the event. There have been no attempts to interfere with the Toaster or to unmask him - most likely out of respect for the tradition.
常常有簇拥的记者和追随者在场看着整个祝酒过程，没有人曾试图干扰过祝酒人或者上前揭开他的围巾，很大可能是出于对这个传统的尊重吧。
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13. Don’t discard it simply because of who the teacher is, how he or she looks and talks, or what tradition they come from.
不要只是因为说这句话的导师是谁，她或者他长得怎么样，说话的方式怎样，或者来沿袭什么样的传统，就扔掉它。
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14. Certainly, I have an Italian taste, but also features of American comfort and of British tradition.
当然，我有一个意大利品味，但又兼有美国的舒适和英国的传统。
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15. This could be due to a tradition of an American respect for human dignity, which I immediately imbibed.
这可能是由于美国有尊重人的尊严的传统，而我立即吸收了这种理念。
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16. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.
即使我们向他人学习并学会尊重他们的教导，我们仍可以在自己的传统中茁壮成长。
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17. And together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress.
你们并肩而立，象征着传统与进步的和谐共进。
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18. In every great faith and tradition one can find the values of tolerance and mutual understanding.
在每一伟大信仰和传统中，人们都可以找到容忍和相互谅解的价值观念。
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19. It goes against human nature and tradition.But it happens everywhere in China.
它违背了人类的本性和传统，但是这在中国却比比皆是。
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20. FGM is a practice steeped in culture and tradition but it should not be allowed to carry on.
女性生殖器切割是一种浸透于文化与传统中的习俗，但不应当再允许它继续下去。
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21. FGM is a practice steeped in culture and tradition but it should not be allowed to carry on.
女性生殖器切割是一种浸透于文化与传统中的习俗，但不应当再允许它继续下去。
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22. a complete break with tradition
与传统的信仰彻底决裂
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
23. By tradition, the Hebrew scriptures were usually preserved on leather rolls.
据传希伯来经典是写在皮革卷上的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
24. Swedish phytosociology now presents more a tradition than a well-defined method.
瑞典研究的植物社会学现在与其说是代表一套很确定的方法，不如说是代表一种传统。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
25. a college saturated with tradition
传统气息浓厚的大学
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
26. According to another tradition, Achilles was the victim of a plot.
根据另一个传说，阿喀琉斯是一场阴谋的受害者。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
27. Conservative ideas, based on history and tradition were emphasized and propagated.
基于历史和传统的保守思想得到了加强和宣传。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
28. Do you retain the custom [tradition, habit] of saying grace?
你还保持饭前饭后作祷告的习惯吗?
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
29. carry the revolutionary tradition forward
发扬革命传统
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
30. Carry the revolutionary tradition forward,may you gain still greater glory.
发扬革命传统,争取更大光荣。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
31. This is how the tradition of software treating people like machines began.
软件像对待机器一样地对待人类的时代开始了。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
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