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Traditionalist Modern Describes Person Supports Established Customs Beliefs

英语单词 traditionalist
英美音标 英 [trə'dɪʃənəlɪst] 美 [trə'dɪʃənəlɪst]
中文释义 n.传统主义者;因循守旧者
adj.传统的;因循守旧的
英语例句 (1) Farmer Jones was a dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist; he would never use any modern pesticides.
(2) Diem, a profound traditionalist, ran a family despotism in the oriental manner.
中文例句 (1) 农夫琼斯是一个顽固的传统主义者,他从不愿使用任何新式的农药。
(2) 狄姆这个根深蒂固的传统主义者,用东方的方式进行家族专制。
vocabulary简明 A traditionalist wants things to stay the same. If you prefer vinyl albums to MP3 players, you just might be a traditionalist.
vocabulary扩展 The noun traditionalist describes a person who believes the old ways are best, like a traditionalist who favors writing letters over sending emails. Sometimes, though, traditionalist describes someone so rigid that any new idea sounds like a bad one, like the traditionalist attitude that kept some American colonists from joining the Revolution.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]传统主义者 A traditionalist is a person who supports the established customs and beliefs of his or her society or group, and does not want to change them.
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    [ADJ 形容词]传统主义的;因循守旧的 A traditionalist idea, argument, or organization supports the established customs and beliefs of a society or group, rather than modern ones.

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