follow the beaten track; be fettered by old conventions; cling conservatively to the old system; follow the old routine; get stuck in a groove; go round like a horse in a mill; remain in the old rut; stick in the old rut; stick to old rules [ways]; wedded to one's habits ◇因循守旧者 traditionalist
因循 1.(沿袭) follow; carry on as before; continue in the same old rut 因循故辙 heedlessly following the old ruts2.(迟延拖拉) procrastinate 因循是失败的根源。 procrastination is the father of failure
守旧 adhere to past practices; stick to old ways; be conservative 她是个守旧妇女, 很难对付。 she's a woman of the old school, very hard to deal with.; 守旧派 old liners; old fogy
因循坐误 sit back and allow the situation to deteriorate; be dilatory and get spoiled; observe the same usual procedure which doesn't work in the case on hand and sit back, while the opportunity is thus lost; procrastinate and let the situation deteriorate; procrastinate until it is too late
He was a conservative military thinker . 他是位因循守旧的军事思想家。
He launches into an inarticulate tirade against conventional people . 他词不达意地发表了一通激烈言论攻击因循守旧的人们。
Gopher prairie is a place of unbearable dullness, conformity, hypocrisy, and oppression . 戈菲尔普雷里就是一个极其乏味、因循守旧、充满虚伪和压迫的地方。
The traditional father sets goals and standards for his kids, and approves when they do well . 因循守旧的父亲给他的孩子树立目标和标准,当他们干得好时就表示赞许。
Don ' t let yourself get into a groove , young man 年轻人,你不可以因循守旧,墨守成规。
You can ' t teach an old dog new trick 你很难让因循守旧的人接受新事物。
Paper accounts for about 40 percent of office waste in japan , toshiba says . about 60 percent of that is recycled 对于那些因循守旧不用电脑的人,该公司还将提供可消字的圆珠笔和荧光笔。
The information revolution offers tremendous opportunity for late or new comers to catch up with or even surpass traditional leaders 信息革命给后来者或新来者以极大的机会赶上或者超过因循守旧的领先者。
Nowadays novelists aim at novelty either in subject or in style , instead of following the beaten path of conventionality 如今,小说家们的创作目标不是力求题材上的新颖,就是力求风格上的标新立异,而不是因循守旧、墨守成规。
On the contrary , some opppsite point of views can not examined by the experiences and must be dropped out and instead 反对者的诸多理由虽然看似允当,但却经不起理论推敲和实践检验,是因循守旧、观念落后的一种表现,因而不足采信。