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superstition/su:pəˈstiʃ(ə)n, sju:-/n. 1 credulity regarding the supernatural 迷信 2 an irrational fear of the unknown or mysterious (对未知或神秘事物的)盲目恐惧 3 misdirected reverence 盲目崇拜 4 a practice, opinion, or religion based on these tendencies 迷信行为;迷信思想;迷信的宗教 5 a widely held but unjustified idea of the effects or nature of a thing (对事物的作用或性质)普遍但并无充分根据的看法 □ superstitious adj.□ superstitiously adv.□ superstitiousness n.[Middle English from Old French superstition or Latin superstitio (as SUPER-, stare stat- ‘stand’)] |