ritual

英 ['rɪtʃʊəl] 美['rɪtʃuəl]

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复数: rituals;副词: 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.: 我们在威斯敏斯特教堂看到的是一种经年不变的古旧仪式。

2. These ceremonies were already part of pre-Christian ritual in Mexico.: 这些仪式已经成为墨西哥基督教时期以前的宗教仪式的一部分。

3. Cocktails at the Plaza was a nightly ritual of their sophisticated world.: 到广场饭店喝鸡尾酒是他们这个高雅时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.: 整个意大利的文化都以饮食习惯为中心。

5. The centuries-old ritual seems headed for extinction.: 延续了几个世纪的仪式似乎要面临消亡。