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单词 time-honoured
释义
time-honoured
adjective[before noun]
UK(UStime-honored)
uk
/ˈtaɪmˌɒn.əd/us
/ˈtaɪmˌɑː.nɚd/
A time-honouredtradition,practice, ormethodisrespectedbecause it has been done or used in the same way for manyyears:
（传统、习俗、方法）古老而又受尊重的，历史悠久的
humorousThedevelopersdealtwith theprobleminthe time-honouredfashion/way,buryingtheindustrialwasteinlandfillsites.开发商处理这个问题用的是老法子——把工业垃圾填埋起来。
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(Definition oftime-honouredfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftime-honoured

time-honoured
The video begins in thetime-honouredmanner of seemingly all manufactured bands' first singles: by introducing the members of the band by name.
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By presenting concerts in a less prescribed atmosphere than thetime-honouredconcert hall, we can expose listeners to new experiences in a more comfortable setting.
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And these new traditions, whether oral or literary, vernacular or learned, are presented with great confidence, in a familiar but potent register oftime-honouredtruth.
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In thetime-honouredform of procesiones the lower classes gave expression to their hopes for a fundamental improvement in their miserable circumstances.
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When this strategy failed, he resorted to thetime-honouredpractice of massive vote buying to get his way.
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Composers who cling to thetime-honouredtactic of universal refusal may think they are bidding for uniqueness and a stake in posterity.
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Archaism in turn does not always correspond with rigid adherence to convention andtime-honouredcustoms (architectural or otherwise).
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In the eleventh century soldierly exploits were inevitably written up intime-honouredheroic mode.
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After all, thetime-honouredprinciple that ' 'ought' ' implies ' 'can' ' would be totally empty if ' 'can' ' were not to refer to what is possible for actual human beings to accomplish.
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We are playing ducks and drakes withtime-honouredexperience and teaching.
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I started this maiden speech intime-honouredfashion by talking about my constituency.
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That is thetime-honouredexcuse for wrongdoing on which the weak always fall back to excuse their vices.
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So, thetime-honouredconcept of apprenticeship, which involves the commitment of an employer to train, is in jeopardy.
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There are ordinary, approved andtime-honouredways of doing that.
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Clearly, therefore, that also is not very hopeful as a solution but is possibly, in thetime-honouredjargon, an avenue to be explored.
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