shibboleth
n
old slogan or principle that is no longer regarded by many as very important 陳舊的口號(hào)或原則(很多人認(rèn)為已不太重要的)
elderly politicians still clinging to the outmoded shibboleths of party doctrine 仍然抱著黨性教條的陳詞濫調(diào)不放的年邁的政治家.
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