n.(名词)

1. 传说
2. 传统
3. 惯例
4. 传统思想、信仰
5. 常规
6. 【宗】（耶稣及其使徒传下的口头的）圣传
7. 引渡
8. 口碑
9. 【律】移交
10. 传闻
11. 交付
12. 口传
13. 因袭
14. 背叛
15. 口传的穆罕默德教义

n.(名词)

1. [C][U]传统 passing of beliefs or customs from one generation to the next
2. [C][U]惯例 belief or custom passed on in this way; any long-established method, practice, etc.

Noun:

1. an inherited pattern of thought or action

2. a specific practice of long standing

1.传统;传说
Atradition is a custom or belief that has existed for a long time.

e.g. ...the rich traditions of Afro-Cuban music, and dance...
非裔古巴人丰富的音乐、舞蹈传统
e.g. Mary has carried on the familytradition of giving away plants...
玛丽承袭了向别人赠送植物的家族传统。

2.承袭…风格的;具有…特点的
If you say that something or someone isin 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.

e.g. They're marvellous pictures in thetradition of Gainsborough.
这些是具有庚斯博罗风格的绝妙画作。
e.g. …a Catholic novelist in thetradition of Graham Greene.
与格雷厄姆·格林一脉相承的天主教小说家

1. tradition

1. (遗传)：△遗传(tradition)有两种:一是人的遗传(太十五1~9;西二8),一是使徒的遗传(林十一2原文「我所传给你们的遗传;帖后二15,三6「教训」原文均「遗传」. 人的遗传要排除,使徒的遗传要坚守. 遗传又可以译为传说、传统. 因而我们当继承使徒教会的传说、传统.

2. 传统;风俗：在这个节日里,人们按照传统风俗(tradition) 制作 diya 形状巧克力,将 diya 巧克力涂上复杂的图案,装饰上巧克力钮扣和巧克力薄片,在里面塞满各式各样的糖果后,赠送给朋友们和邻居.

religious'/cultural, etc. traditions

宗教、文化等传统

This region is steeped in tradition .

这个地区有着深厚的传统。

The company has a long tradition of fine design.

这家公司的优秀设计历史悠久。

The British are said to love tradition (= to want to do things in the way they have always been done) .

据说英国人热爱传统。

They broke with tradition (= did things differently) and got married quietly.

他们打破传统，毫不声张地结了婚。

By tradition , children play tricks on 1 April.

按照传统风俗，儿童在4月1日捣乱戏弄别人。

There's a tradition in our family that we have a party on New Year's Eve.

我们家有个传统，全家要聚在一起过新年除夕。

He's a politician in the tradition of (= similar in style to) Kennedy.

他是位具有肯尼迪风格的政治家。

...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。

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。

'u2026a 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

Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.

每个国家都有其自身的文化传统.

I acquired lasting respect for tradition and veneration for the past.

我开始对传统和历史产生了持久的敬慕.

We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it.

我们尊重传统,但不被传统所束缚.

Following the sea is the tradition of his family.

当海员是他家世代相传的职业.

The custom will never receive the sanction of tradition.

那种风俗绝不会作为传统的东西而被提倡.

The practice of hard work and frugality is a cherished part of our tradition.

勤俭节约是我们的传家宝.

Popular tradition portrays Richard III as a hunchback.

流行的传说把理查三世描绘成驼子.

According to the old tradition, Romulus was the founder of Rome.

按照古老的传说, 罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者.

It is a tradition that women get married in long white dresses in that area.

在那个地区女子结婚时穿白色长礼服是个惯例.

an irreverent attitude to tradition

不把传统放在眼里的态度

the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe

在槲寄生枝下亲吻的习俗

This was a practice sanctified by tradition.

这是一种合乎传统的做法。

In New Zealand, the Maori people maintain a strong cultural tradition.

在新西兰，毛利人保持着深厚的文化传统。

It indicates the antiquity of the tradition.

这表明该传统源远流长。

True to military tradition, the victors are now treating themselves to the spoils of war.

按照军事惯例，胜者正在分享战利品。

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。

1. The custom will never receive the sanction of tradition.
   那种风俗绝不会作为传统的东西而被提倡。
2. It is a tradition that women get married in long white dresses.
   妇女结婚时穿白色长礼服是个传统风俗。

动词+～

• traditions">break traditions打破传统
• tradition">carry〔destroy, hand down〕 a tradition发扬〔毁掉,继承〕传统
• tradition">keep up〔maintain, uphold〕 a tradition保持传统

形容词+～

• traditions">ancient〔old〕 traditions古老的传统
• tradition">fine〔new〕 tradition优良〔新〕传统
• tradition">historic〔national, religious〕 tradition历史〔民族,宗教〕传统
• tradition">simple tradition朴素的传统

名词+～

• tradition">family tradition家族传统

介词+～

• tradition">by tradition根据惯例
• tradition">in a tradition按某一传统

• Wrapping their heads up is a religious tradition that goes very deep.

  出自：R. Macaulay

• We use local skills and time-honoured traditions.

  出自：J. Cartwright

n.(名词)

tradition, convention, custom

这组词都可表示“惯例,传统”。tradition强调历史上的意义,因长久奉行而几乎具有法律效力的习惯方式; convention主要指公认的社会规则和得体的礼仪; custom指某社会或民族的惯常行为规范。

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的tradicion，意为传承；最初源自拉丁语的traditionem，意为继承。