superstition
美音:
['su:pəs'tıʃən
]
英音:
['su:pəs'tıʃən
]
牛津简明英汉词典
n.迷信
难易程度:
superstition为六级词汇
词形变化:
词根
sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)
详细用法
近义词, 同义词
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1. There has long been a superstition among mariners
长期以来,海员中流传着一种迷信的说法,
2. It was necessary first to arrive at that degree of sophistication where we no longer set our own belief against our neighbour's superstition.
我们首先需要达到这样一种成熟的程度:不用自己的信仰去反对我们邻居的迷信。
superstition
牛津现代英汉双解词典
/,su:pə'stɪʃn; also, in ɑritish use, 英式英语读作 ,sju:-; ,supɚ`stɪʃən/
n [C, U]
1 (idea, practice, etc based on the) belief that certain events cannot be explained by human reason or physical laws; irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious 迷信; 迷信的思想、行为等; (对未知的或神秘的事物的)盲目恐惧
*Ignorance and superstition prevent them from benefiting from modern medicine. 由于无知和迷信, 他们无法得到现代医学的好处.
2 idea or belief held by many people for no good or logical reason 很多人持有的并无充分根据的说法
*It's just
(a) superstition that you shouldn't walk under ladders. 不应该在梯子下面穿过, 人们都是这么说说罢了.
superstition
朗文当代英英词典(第4版)
n [U and C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin superstitio, from superstes 'standing over someone', from stare 'to stand']
a belief that some objects or actions are lucky or unlucky, or that they cause events to happen, based on old ideas of magic
the old superstition that walking under a ladder is unlucky