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Tradition Long Generation Break Longstanding Family Christmas Hand

英语单词 tradition
英美音标 英 [trə'dɪʃn] 美 [trə'dɪʃn]
中文释义 n.传统;惯例
英语例句 (1) We shall carry forward the revolutionary tradition.
(2) In many countries young people still keep up the tradition that women will get married in a long white dress.
(3) They still follow the tradition of their fathers.
(4) The older generation are respectful of tradition.
(5) They decided to break with tradition.
(6) It was very sad to see the tradition die.
(7) This decision represents a complete break with tradition.
中文例句 (1) 我们应该发扬革命传统。
(2) 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。
(3) 他们仍然继承著他们祖先的传统。
(4) 年老的一辈尊重传统。
(5) 他们决定打破惯例。
(6) 看到这个惯例取消,感到非常悲伤。
(7) 这一决定完全打破了以往的惯例。
vocabulary简明 Traditions are longstanding customs and practices. It might be a family tradition to open Christmas presents on Christmas Eve, started because your parents were too impatient to wait.
vocabulary扩展 The noun tradition has Latin roots in the word tradere, which means hand over or hand down. So think of a tradition as something that is handed down from one generation to another. Fireworks on the Fourth of July are a national tradition, and playing your school's fight song at the start of the football game is probably a longstanding tradition designed to get the fans excited for the game.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]传统;传说 A tradition is a custom or belief that has existed for a long time.
  • ...the rich traditions of Afro-Cuban music, and dance...

    非裔古巴人丰富的音乐、舞蹈传统

  • Mary has carried on the family tradition of giving away plants...

    玛丽承袭了向别人赠送植物的家族传统。

  • The story of King Arthur became part of oral tradition.

    亚瑟王的故事成为口头传说的一部分。

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[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]承袭…风格的;具有…特点的 If you say that something or someone is in the tradition of a person or thing from the past, you mean that they have many features that remind you of that person or thing.
  • They're marvellous pictures in the tradition of Gainsborough.

    这些是具有庚斯博罗风格的绝妙画作。

  • …a Catholic novelist in the tradition of Graham Greene.

    与格雷厄姆·格林一脉相承的天主教小说家

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