It used to be that a paper route or an after-school job at the local grocer was viewed as a rite of passage for young people.

过去对年轻人来说，找一份送报纸的兼职或者放学后前往本地杂货店打工，往往被视为人生必经阶段。

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It was considered a rite of passage to own a broken down vehicle.

人们认为汽车抛锚是人生的必经之路。

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Young as we were, we knew that being in a gang was nothing more than a rite of passage.

虽然当时年轻，但我们也明白，加入帮派无非是一种宣告着进入青春期的仪式。

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The prom is an important rite of passage.I didn't want you to miss anything.

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Yet dropping out of college has become almost a rite of passage for ambitious technology entrepreneurs.

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The wedding has shifted from a rite of passage to a vehicle for self-expression.

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Still, it was an annual rite of passage, sort of like old fashioned telephone books.

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