习俗

这一习俗在全世界各种族中都有。

This custom is found in people of all races throughout the world .

这一习俗可以追溯到几百年前。

The custom dates back hundreds of years .

十年之后，我习惯了英国人的奇异习俗。

After ten years I 'm used to the strange British ways .

按照习俗在赌场要穿晚礼服。

Evening dress is de rigueur at the casino .

这些妇女戴着面纱是遵从这个国家的习俗。

The women wore veils in deference to the customs of the country .

他让女儿们恪守深闺的习俗。

He kept his daughters in virtual purdah .

这种习俗已数百年未变。

This practice has remained unaltered for centuries .

欧洲早期的基督教徒承袭了更古老的一些异教的许多习俗。

Early Christians in Europe adopted many of the practices of the older , pagan religions .

向客人提供一杯饮料或一份点心是一种习俗。

It is customary to offer a drink or a snack to guests

传统习俗要求女孩子必须尽早结婚。

Tradition dictates that girls should be married off early .

男人不穿裙子只是一种社会习俗。

It 's just a social convention that men don 't wear skirts

这种习俗在20世纪60年代末仍然很普遍。

This custom was still current in the late 1960s .

下町的已婚女性还保留着把牙齿涂黑的习俗。

The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth

点燃奥林匹克圣火的习俗可以追溯到几个世纪前。

The custom of lighting the Olympic flame goes back centuries

在欧洲人看来，美国人的宗教习俗有时很奇怪。

The practice of religion in America sometimes seems strange to European eyes .

人们按传统习俗朝他们抛撒大米。

They were showered with rice in the traditional manner

它的很多习俗显得落伍过时。

Many of its practices seem anachronistic .

这一习俗的起源鲜为人知。

The origin of the custom is obscure

在大不相同的文化中有一些相似的习俗，比如古埃及和斯堪的纳维亚之间。

Similar customs were known in widely divergent cultures such as Ancient Egypt and Scandinavia .

回首50年代，那时社会习俗要求男模不能脱掉所有衣服。

Back in the Fifties , social convention required that males models keep their kit on .

尽管她不想遵循传统习俗，但她还是在21岁的时候就怀孕并且结婚了。

Despite her wish to defy convention , she had become pregnant and married at 21 .

19世纪，圣诞老人的习俗似乎又传回了欧洲。

In the 19th century , the Santa Claus tradition seems to have been transplanted back to Europe

泉眼和水井都进行装饰，这个习俗在欧洲一直延续到基督教时代。

Springs and wells were decorated , a custom which was carried over into Christian times in Europe .

那不符合社会习俗。在那个年代，养家的应该是男人。

It was not the done thing . In those days the man was supposed to be the provider .

他的行为与社会习俗相左。

His behaviour doesn 't conform to the customs of society .

东西方文化习俗之间存在着明显的差异。

There is an obvious contrast between the cultural practices of the East and the West .

他轻视所有的社会习俗。

He sets at naught every convention of society .

这一习俗是从祖辈相传下来的。

The custom has come down to us from our ancestors .

许多西方人对东方文化和习俗很感兴趣。

Many Westerners are very interested in the Oriental cultures and customs .

这一习俗从18世纪一直传到现在。

This custom has been carried down from the18th century .