Custom

(noun.) accepted or habitual practice.

(noun.) habitual patronage; 'I have given this tailor my custom for many years'.

(noun.) a specific practice of long standing.

录入:莫拉

• I have already told the reader, that every night, when the family were gone to bed, it was my custom to strip, and cover myself with my clothes. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• How would the lady-chief of an English school approve this custom? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I do not know, said the man, what the custom of the English may be; but it is the custom of the Irish to hate villains. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• It is a pity, cried Fanny, that the custom should have been discontinued. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Our invariable custom,' replied Mr. Wardle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• But, of course, among Lily's friends it's quite the custom for girls to play for money. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• As is the custom upon Barsoom there were thirty-one, supposedly selected by lot from men of the noble class, for nobles were on trial. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• There is also another custom peculiar to the city of Philadelphia, and nearly allied to the former. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The word raises up an individual idea, along with a certain custom; and that custom produces any other individual one, for which we may have occasion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I described to him how, when according to his custom he was the first down, he perceived a strange horse wandering over the moor. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Meantime, there's a few shillings for you, Grace, just to keep the pot boiling till custom comes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They were all eating out of the platter, not speaking, as is the Spanish custom. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Therefore, give your custom to other than Italian brands of the article. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Mistakes with regard to this sometimes ruin the custom-house officer, and frequently occasion much trouble, expense, and vexation to the importer. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We are ruled by custom upon Barsoom. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• But in the seaport and markets mingled men of every known race, comparing their religious ideas and customs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Every where around are things that reveal to you something of the customs and history of this forgotten people. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The ancient customs were divided into three branches. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He was heard outside quoting Euripides in a bold and disrespectful tone: Are these your customs? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• With the growth of civilization, the gap between the original capacities of the immature and the standards and customs of the elders increases. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• All this, it seemed, had been the property of the two chieftains I had slain, and now, by the customs of the Tharks, it had become mine. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• My knowledge of their customs lent colour to the belief that he was but being escorted to the audience chamber to have sentence passed upon him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• And they began to interfere more vigorously with Indian customs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• How did he know, who knew nothing of the customs of human beings? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The intermingling in the school of youth of different races, differing religions, and unlike customs creates for all a new and broader environment. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The defalcation of the revenue of customs occasioned by bounties and drawbacks, of which a great part are obtained fraudulently, is very great. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Amy, my dear, put this dish on; Mr Clennam will excuse the primitive customs to which we are reduced here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Yes, said Justinian quickly; I keep up all the old Greek customs, though, of course, I adapt them to the needs of my people. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Of the inhabitants of Lilliput; their learning, laws, and customs; the manner of educating their children. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

编辑:莉齐