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su.per.sti.tionH.sU:7pE5stIF7[n, $-pL-n(a) belief which is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic etc.迷信According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.[U]据迷信说法,你若从梯子下走过将遭厄运。Out of superstition, she never has 13 people sitting at the table to eat together. [U]出于迷信,她从不让13人同桌共餐。I don't believe that four-leaved clovers are lucky--that's just a superstition. [C]我不相信四片叶子的三叶草会给人带来好运----这不过是迷信罢了。Even in modern times, people cling to superstitions handed down through the centuries. [C]即使在现代,人们依旧相信世代相传的迷信。There's a superstition that if you break a mirror, you'll have seven years'bad luck. [C + that clause]有种迷信说法,如果你打碎镜子将遭七年厄运。
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