- 近义词
- 反义词
- 陈陈相因follow an old routine;follow a set routine;keep on doing the same thing over and over again;persist in the old ways without any change or improvement ;
- 按部就班follow the prescribed order;conform to ancient customs [style];Creep before you walk.;do sth. according to routine;
- 守株待兔wait every day under the tree, in the hope that a hare would kill itself by crashing into a tree trunk;stand by a tree stump waiting for a hare -- one who sticks to his folly and does nothing;stand by a tree stump waiting for a hare to dash itself against it;wait for gains without pains ;
- 萧规曹随(a Han Dynasty prime minister) followed the rules set by Xiao (his predecessor) -- to follow established rules;follow [tread] in sb.'s footsteps;follow sb. exactly;move in a rut ;
- 故步自封be content with staying where one is;stand still and refuse to make progress;stand still and cease to make progress;hold fast to one's established ideas ;
- 一成不变immutable and frozen;be immutable;be set in one's ways;changeless;invariable ;
- 食古不化follow the beaten track;cling conservatively to the old system;be fettered by old conventions;wedded to one's habits;pedantic ;
- 画地为牢(比喻只许在指定的范围之内活动) draw a circle on the ground to serve as a prison -- restrict sb.'s activities to a designated area or sphere;draw a circle on the ground as a house of detention [as a prison] for sb. ;
- 刻舟求剑(比喻拘泥固执,不知变通) carve on gunwale of a moving boat;marking where a sword was dropped -- foolish undertaking;carve a mark on gunwale in moving boat where a sword was lost -- ridiculous stupidity;cut a mark on the side of one's boat to indicate the place where one's sword has dropped into the river ;
- 固步自封continue walking in the old steps and seclude oneself;be a standpatter and be proud of it;be self-satisfied with being a stick-in-the-mud;rest complacently on one's laurels ;
- 蹈常袭故go on in the same old way;be a slave to old methods of doing things;follow the conventional tradition ;
- 抱残守缺be an anachronism;be a stickler for ancient ways and things;cherish the outmoded [the old] and preserve the outworn -- to be conservative;cling to bygone values [dreams] ;
- 率由旧章follow precedents;act in accordance with established rules;follow the beaten track;follow the established pattern ;
- 清规戒律the sacred rules of the religious order;interdictions and taboos;outmoded rules and conventions;restrictions and fetters ;
- 因循守旧follow the beaten track;be fettered by old conventions;cling conservatively to the old system;follow the old routine;conformism ;
- 双语例句 更多例句
He showed little initiative, handling all matters strictly by the book.
他缺乏首创精神, 墨守成规地办一切事情.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
She laughed to herself, then looked sideways at this stodgy nurse.
她顾自大笑起来, 然后斜眼看了看这个墨守成规的护士.
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What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas.
我害怕的就是墨守成规。人总是向往新思想和新观念的。
《汉英大词典》
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- eur usd 欧元
- birthplace n.诞生地,出生地;
- barber n.理发师;理发店;
- excellent adj.极好的;太好了;杰出的;非凡的;(用以表示愉快或赞同)好极了,妙极了
- decimal format 十进格式;
- convey v.表达;传送;
- sky sports 天空体育台;天空体育;天空体育频道;天空体育新闻
- illegal adj.非法的;违法的;不合法的n.非法移民;非法劳工
- argument n.争论,争吵;论据;[数]幅角;主题,情节;
- license vt. 同意;发许可证;n. 执照,许可证;特许;
- stir vt.& vi.(使)移动;搅拌;(使)行动;(使)微动;vt.使打起精神;使奋起;叫醒;唤起;
- decision making 决策,判定;作出判定;

