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tradition

/truh-dish-uhn/US // trəˈdɪʃ ən //UK // (trəˈdɪʃən) //

传统,传统的,传统的东西

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.
    • : something that is handed down: the traditions of the American South.
    • : a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting: The rebellious students wanted to break with tradition.
    • : a continuing pattern of culture beliefs or practices.
    • : a customary or characteristic method or manner: The winner took a victory lap in the usual track tradition.
    • : Theology. body of laws and doctrines, or any one of them, held to have been received from Moses and originally handed down orally from generation to generation. a body of teachings, or any one of them, held to have been delivered by Christ and His apostles but not originally committed to writing. a hadith.
    • : Law. an act of handing over something to another, especially in a formal legal manner; delivery; transfer.

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Examples

  • Continue this new tradition of leisurely strolls filled with sniffing, socializing, and observing as life picks up again.

  • Although in-person challenges weren’t possible this year, Kellermann and Ferrara kept the tradition alive with a series of virtual challenges.

  • People are also finding new ways to experience old traditions.

  • We begin, in fine Hot Takedown tradition, by talking about something that happened shortly after we recorded this week’s episode.

  • There, he was further immersed in a storytelling tradition that set him up for a lifetime of bringing stories to life.

  • We've managed to survive, and I want to be a part of that tradition.

  • By tradition, the speaker of the House never participates in debates in the House and remains silent.

  • The tradition has lasted ever since, being seen as a great natural hangover remedy throughout the world.

  • AirAsia, on the other hand, is a relatively new carrier, an upstart in the tradition of Southwest Airlines in the United States.

  • Outside of Iran, Rigi's “confession” seemed like another in the long tradition of statements extracted from prisoners there.

  • In every colony the "starving time," even if it had ever existed, was now no more than an ancient tradition.

  • Tradition alone preserves the memory of men and places across the ages and renders real to us what has long ceased to exist.

  • Fairmile Common is associated, in local tradition, with the following tragedy.

  • Somers related an anecdote, well worthy to be remembered, which had been preserved by tradition in the noble house of De Vere.

  • There was more than one tradition in the berserker Scotch family to bear out the truth of it.