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单词 tradition
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tradition
noun[CorU]
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
B2
abelief,principle, or way ofactingthatpeoplein aparticularsocietyorgrouphavecontinuedtofollowfor alongtime, or all of thesebeliefs, etc. in aparticularsocietyorgroup:
传统
Fireworks havelongbeen an American tradition on the Fourth ofJuly.7月4日国庆日放焰火长期以来一直是美国人的传统。
Switzerland has alongtraditionofneutrality.保持中立是瑞士长期以来的传统。
[+ that]There's a traditioninourofficethatwhen it's somebody'sbirthday, theybringin acakefor all of us toshare.我们办公室有个传统：当有人过生日时，就会带蛋糕来跟大家一起分享。
Wedecidedtobreakwithtradition(= notbehaveasusual)thisyearand go away forChristmas.今年我们决定打破传统，外出度圣诞节。
According totradition, aheadlessghostwalksthrough thecorridorsof thehouseatnight.据传说，晚上有个无头鬼走过这幢房子的走廊。
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  • Thiscollegehas alongtradition ofathleticexcellence.
  • Inkeepingwith tradition, they always haveturkeyonChristmasDay.
  • Theoldpeoplein thevillagestillobservethelocaltraditions.
  • This traditiondatesback tomedievaltimes.
  • Daphne iscarryingon thefamilytradition bybecomingalawyer.
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Custom, tradition & conformity
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  • endogamy
  • multicultural
  • multiculturalism
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  • non-conservative
  • non-traditional
  • unconventional
  • unconventionally
  • undoctrinaire
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Idiom

in the tradition ofsomeone/something
(Definition oftraditionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tradition| American Dictionary

tradition
noun[C/U]
us
/trəˈdɪʃ·ən/
a way ofbehavingor abeliefthat has beenestablishedfor alongtime, or thepracticeoffollowingbehaviorandbeliefsthat have been soestablished:
[C]It is awesterntradition forbridestowearwhite.
[U]The Dinkapeopleare cattle-farmers by tradition.
(Definition oftraditionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftradition

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The zero plural avoids the problem of having two sibilants in quick succession at the end of the words, and coincidentally maintains the classicaltradition.
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Within the psychologicaltradition, hypothesis-testing models traditionally assume the former.
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Our minimalist designtraditionremoves the intermediate and smaller scales from built form.
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Similar representations of the social gender division can be found throughout the different cultural forms of the traditions surrounding birth and socialisation.
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Symbolic meanings are constructed through historical traditions, articulated contextually and reproduced only in practice.
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Ultimately, the end goals of the two religious traditions are synchronistic, but the differences may yet remain clear and distinct on the matter of process.
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Ultimately, though, corpus-based empiricism must not lose touch with the theoretical linguistictraditionin the study of linguistic change.
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The heuristics-and-biasestraditionis most valuable as an answer to questions of whether, and how, we can improve decisions in the real world.
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It is within thistraditionthat oral history developed in the late 1960s.
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An oraltraditioncan and will adapt from one generation to the next, repeating its content in a form more readily accessible to the hearers.
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Finding discrepancies between oral traditions and other sources does not negate the value of oral traditions as historical evidence.
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The transmission of oral traditions depends on the social continuity of the group that finds meaning in telling those tales.
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Instead, there may be important traditions of formal oratory and oral story telling, along with ritual and ceremony that have oral components.
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The profound differences among the religious traditions are due to the different ways in which the transcendent reality is experienced and conceived in human life.
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This brief overview demonstrates that there is notraditionof working with older people on housing design and management issues.
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Collocationswithtradition

tradition

These are words often used in combination withtradition.

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age-old tradition
They have an age-old tradition as sailors, as mariners, as adventurers.
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ancient tradition
Indeed, it has anancienttradition.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
architectural tradition
It is the core of an unbroken architectural tradition operating outside stylistic definitions.
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