| 词汇 | rite-of-passage |
| 释义 | rite of passage noun[ C ] uk /ˌraɪt əv ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/ us /ˌraɪt əv ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/ an official ceremony or informal activity that marks an important stage or occasion in a person's life, especially becoming an adult（标志人生某个重要阶段的）通过仪式;（尤指）成人仪式 Ceremonies anti-ritualism cavalcade ceremonial ceremonially ceremony guard of honour hara-kiri initiate initiation initiatory installation investiture knight pageant remember requiem ribbon cutting ritual ritualistic troop You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Stages of life Examples of rite of passagerite of passage In the opening lines a double riteofpassage is suggested. It was almost a riteofpassage which made migration to the new state a final and irrevocable act. But we should do this with self-awareness and recognize it as a riteofpassage. Moreover, it is not accurate to speak of ' food as a riteofpassage' (p. 81) : rather, food may be employed in such rites. This crime was as much a riteofpassage into manhood as a profit-motivated misdemeanour. The other phenomenon is the absence of any riteofpassage from childhood to adult life. Speaking becomes both a way to engage in active self-transformation and a riteofpassage where one moves from being object to being subject. For elderly people, however, because the modern ' good ' death is thought to belong to old age, this final riteofpassage becomes a scheduled rather than a nonscheduled one. In the final analysis the war is not a field of personal honor, but rather a riteofpassage into a greater spiritual mystery that non-combatants cannot fathom or comprehend. Having come through this riteofpassage relatively unscathed, it treated the incident as a near miss, a bad accident that could have been much worse. The table of contents leads from the threshold through the narthex and nave to the altar in a spiritual as well as physical riteofpassage. We have all been children and most of us can see aspects of a riteofpassage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The report comments that, as the number of young people in employment declines, the capacity for the world of work to provide a riteofpassage for young males diminishes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that many families would welcome a formal opportunity—a riteofpassage, as it were—to invite friends and family to an officially recognised naming ceremony. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Transition to secondary school is a riteofpassage in every childs life journey. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of rite of passage These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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