tradition
/trəˈdɪʃən/noun
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- mass noun the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way风俗（信仰）的传承; 传统：
members of different castes have by tradition been associated with specific occupations.
根据传统, 不同等级的人与特定的职业一直相联系。
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- count noun a long-established custom or belief that has been passed on in this way传统风俗（信仰）：
Japan's unique cultural traditions.
日本独特的文化传统。
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- in sing. an artistic or literary method or style established by an artist, writer, or movement, and subsequently followed by others（由某艺术家、作家或流派创立, 为后人所追随的）艺术风格, 文学传统（风格）：
visionary works in the tradition of William Blake.
具有威廉·布莱克风格传统的幻想作品。
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- Theology a doctrine believed to have divine authority though not in the scriptures, in particular【神学】圣传, 尤指：
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- mass noun(in Christianity) doctrine not explicit in the Bible but held to derive from the oral teaching of Christ and the Apostles（基督教）耶稣及其使徒的经外教义。
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- (in Judaism) an ordinance of the oral law not in the Torah but held to have been given by God to Moses（犹太教用语）（律法书之外, 据信是上帝给予摩西的）口头戒条。
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- (in Islam) a saying or act ascribed to the Prophet but not recorded in the Koran（伊斯兰教）《古兰经》之外的穆罕默德言行。见HADITH.
派生词
traditionary
adjectivetraditionist
nountraditionless
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French tradicion, or from Latin traditio（n-）， from tradere 'deliver， betray'， from trans- 'across' + dare 'give'.