For example, Hooks' parents always insisted that whites address them as Mr.and Mrs.Hooks, rather than by their first names, as was the custom when whites spoke to blacks.

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You obeyed Israelite law and custom, you revered Israelite lore, you entered into the historical community of Israel by accepting that their fate and yours should be the same.

遵守他们的法规和习俗，崇敬他们的经验知识，你通过接受他们与你,命运相同而进入了有历史意义的以色列人群体。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The kinds of authority established by the bogeys of tradition and custom and conservative tradition are not always distinguishable from the kinds of authority that are based on genuine strength.

由约定俗成的习俗的幻象以及,保守的传统建立的权威,和建立在真实力量上权威难以分辨。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Well, Alexander just followed a custom that had been taught by philosophy and other kinds of things that, "Oh well, they worship Isis."

于是亚历山大,根据哲学及经验判断，“原来他们崇拜艾西斯“

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选