English Dictionary

tradition

/tɹəˈdɪʃən/

noun

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays. / A commonly held system.

The tradition of lighting candles on birthdays dates back centuries.

意味（1）

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

Yet if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, tradition should positively be discouraged.

意味（2）

A commonly held system.

意味（3）

An established or distinctive style or method:

Following tradition, the victorious athlete runs a lap around the track.

意味（4）

The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

A deed takes effect only from this tradition or delivery; for, if the date be false or impossible, the delivery ascertains the time of it.