| 词汇 | superstition |
| 释义 | superstition noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌsuː.pəˈstɪʃ.ən/ us /ˌsuː.pɚˈstɪʃ.ən/ belief that is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic, etc.: 迷信 According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.按照迷信的说法，从梯子下走过会带来厄运。 I don't believe in the old superstition that the number 13 is unlucky.我不相信数字13不吉利这样的旧迷信思想。 Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs agnosticism Anglicanism animist anti-Catholic anti-Catholicism doctrinal fetishistic heretical heretically humanism humanistic humanistically mysticism orthodoxy religiously scriptural scripturally superstitiously theodicy theologically superstition | American Dictionarysuperstition noun[ C/U ] us/ˌsu·pərˈstɪʃ·ən/ a belief that is not based on reason or scientific thinking and that explains the causes for events in ways that are connected to magic: [ C ]Do you have any superstitions about cutting your hair? superstitiousadjectiveus/ˌsu·pərˈstɪʃ·əs/ Superstitious baseball players will wear the same shirt every day when they are on a hitting streak. Examples of superstitionsuperstition According to context the term superstition might designate controversial beliefs, the practice of confessional opponents or the beliefs of the ignorant masses. Few performers would contradict superstitions, but it is questionable if they are altogether taken seriously. Many performers rely on whatever is perceived to work, observing superstitions even if they don't completely believe in them. Society must be guided by reason rather than the passions of superstition and religious prejudice. Yet it is striking how many reviewers and other readers choose to describe such ideas as manifestations of ' superstition' or ' the occult'. In a naturalistic spirit, it may be said that this practice has to be about recollection of the deceased person, on pain of superstition. Traditional religion mixed freely with folklore and superstition, forcing the authorities to negotiate between two worlds of belief. We note the residue of such superstitions in a number of papers here in which creativity is linked to mental disorder or antisocial attitudes. In this there was a curious tension between asking historical questions about a seemingly quaint little theatrical superstition, while nonetheless still observing it. This view is sometimes dogmatically defended, as if it were a bulwark of rational science against rank superstition. Both sought to attack superstition and mysticism by providing a rational scientia amenable to human understanding. He was a wilful virtuoso, yet an artful manager of men, happy to trade on the superstition of others. In backstage social environments, superstitions and traditions spread. In 1937 a revolt broke out due to superstition. Shamanism is not superstition, because it is actually used. 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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