单词

superstition

读音

ˌsuːpərˈstɪʃn

美式

英式

词根

"Superstition"的词根是latin词根 "super-"和 "stare"。 "super-" 意为"超过"，"stare" 意为 "站立"。"super-" 衍生出很多单词如superior（优越的）, superman（超人）等。"stare" 衍生出很多单词如stature（身高）, status（状态）等。

释义

n. 迷信 [ 复数 superstitions ]

例句

It's all superstition, and there's nothing to it.

这全是迷信，不是真的。

According to superstition, breaking a mirror brings bad luck.

按照迷信的说法，摔碎镜子会带来噩运。

Scientific materialism thus triumphed over ignorance and superstition.

科学唯物主义就这样战胜了无知和迷信。

强化记忆

可以将"Superstition"中的"super-"和"stition"分别与"soup"和"station"相联系，创建一个有趣的形象记忆： "一碗超级汤在车站等你，但它又装满了各种迷信的事物，比如蝮蛇和脚丫。""Superstition"源自late Middle English，根据oxford英语词典，此词取自法语的“superstitio”。该词具有宗教和文化多样性的痕迹，代表了人类对未知的恐惧和尊重。

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and as I recently learned, those with a bald head.In Africa, superstition is widespread,with so many people believing in witchcraft,

And science said, all that God thinking, the afterlife stuff,it's folly, It's ignorance, it's superstition.Suppose it was intuition.

we still have laws and policieswhich come from an age of superstition.Time for a quick show of hands.

led Gabriel García Márquez to a socialist outlook.Meanwhile, Doña Tranquilina Iguarán Cotes’ omnipresent superstitionbecame the foundation of One Hundred Years of Solitude’s style.

The name stuck, and soon came to describe the Medieval period overall,with its associations of darkness, superstition, and simplicity.But time marched on, as did what was considered fashionable.

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