folkways

英 ['ʃeʊkˌweɪz] 美 ['ʃeʊkˌweɪz]

• n. 民俗；习俗
• 名词folkway的复数形式.

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. In Qing Dynasty, people in the polder districts of Wanjiang Basin shared similar folkways, folk-customs and faiths.
   摘要清代皖江流域的圩区中，圩民拥有相似的民风民俗和宗教信仰。
2. In this case the intimacy of the boy and girl might be little more than the continuance in this country of old-world folkways.
   在这种情况中，男女青年间的这种亲密关系无非就是旧大陆的民俗在这个国家的某些延续。
3. State ways cannot change folkways.
   国家手段不能改变社会习俗。
4. If the new rulers could not fit their freedoms into the old system of folkways, the old authorities showed just as little responsibility.
   如果说新的统治者未能使他们的自由观念适应旧有习俗体系，那么旧有的权势力量也表现得不负责任。