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superstitious 音标拼音: [s ,upɚst'ɪʃəs] a. 迷信的 迷信的 superstitious adj 1: showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance; " finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin" Superstitious \ Su` per* sti" tious\, a. [ F. superstitieux, L. superstitiosus.] 1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion. [ 1913 Webster] Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. -- Acts xvii. 22. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need. [ 1913 Webster] { Superstitious use} ( Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [ Eng.] -- Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Su` per* sti" tious* ly}, adv. -- { Su` per* sti" tious* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for " superstitious": credulous, doting, easily taken in, easy of belief, fond, inclined to believe, infatuated, overconfiding, overcredulous, overtrustful, overtrusting, trustful, trusting, uncritical, undoubting, unskeptical, unsuspecting, unsuspicious
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