ritual

英 ['r?t???l] 美['r?t?u?l]

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復數:?rituals;副詞:?ritually;

ritual: ritual: [16] Ritual was borrowed from Latin rītuālis, a derivative of rītus ‘religious or other ceremony or practice’ (from which, via Old French rite, English gets rite [14]). It may have been related to Sanskrit rīti- ‘going, way, custom’.
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ritual (adj.): 1560s, from Middle French ritual or directly from Latin ritualis "relating to (religious) rites," from ritus "rite" (see rite). Related: Ritually.
ritual (nj.): 1640s, from ritual (adj.).

1. What we see at Westminster is a tired old ritual.: 我們在威斯敏斯特教堂看到的是一種經年不變的古舊儀式。

2. These ceremonies were already part of pre-Christian ritual in Mexico.: 這些儀式已經成為墨西哥基督教時期以前的宗教儀式的一部分。

3. Cocktails at the Plaza was a nightly ritual of their sophisticated world.: 到廣場飯店喝雞尾酒是他們這個高雅時髦的圈子中的人每晚必做的事情。

4. The whole Italian culture revolves around the ritual of eating.: 整個意大利的文化都以飲食習慣為中心。

5. The centuries-old ritual seems headed for extinction.: 延續了幾個世紀的儀式似乎要面臨消亡。