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单词 time-honored
释义
time-honored
adjective[before noun]
us
/ˈtaɪmˌɑː.nɚd/uk
/ˈtaɪmˌɒn.əd/
A time-honoredtradition,practice, ormethodisrespectedbecause it has been done or used in the same way for manyyears:
humorousThedevelopersdealtwith theprobleminthe time-honoredfashion/way,buryingtheindustrialwasteinlandfillsites.
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(Definition oftime-honoredfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

time-honored| American Dictionary

time-honored
adjective
us/ˈtɑɪm ˌɑn·ərd/
consideredimportantbecause of havingexistedfor manyyears:
FamilyThanksgivingdinnersare a time-honoredtradition.
(Definition oftime-honoredfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftime-honored

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This type of rhetoric can lead toward an emptiness of moral meaning; the constant reinvention of principle weakens the firm quality oftime-honoredideals.
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In this the radio was simply a new instrument for atime-honoredpurpose.
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Although the government had atime-honoredpolicy against squatting, it was clearly unenforceable.
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The way in which public economics has repeatedly dragged thetime-honoredrule of utilitarianism into welfare discussions is a case in point.
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One of the most relevant political implications of their ethic was atime-honoredright of self-medication.
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This new research has been particularly important in that it has problematizedtime-honoredbeliefs about the social role of the interpreter.
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Detailed analysis of transcripts is atime-honoredpractice among linguistic ethnographers.
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On the contrary, the former can facilitate the emergence of a new domain by embedding it with the reproduction oftime-honoredpatterns of social exchanges.
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One possible answer is that the state policies were vestiges oftime-honoredcharter authority, while similar federal efforts were not.
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The trend is away from thetime-honored"rule" of dropping e before suffixes beginning with vowels, and keeping it before those beginning with consonants.
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Most comments deal intime-honoredfashion with style, use and function.
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Thetime-honoredconstitutional procedure for this follows one of two methods.
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In this intensive, immersion curriculum students learntime-honoredtechniques of drawing and painting.
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These are thetime-honorednotions, the traditional concepts, but even the most respectable of fallacies can not withstand the truth forever.
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This ceremony is atime-honoredtradition in which the students and faculty wear their academic regalia.
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