1. true to tradition : 名不虚传；

2. by tradition : 根据传说, 根据口传；

1. My parents did their best to keep up the family tradition.
    我的父母为了保持家庭的传统竭尽全力。

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2. The story is based mainly on traditions.
    这个故事主要是根据传说。

3. This decision represents a complete break with tradition.
    这一决定完全打破了以往的惯例。

4. It is a tradition that the young look after the old in their family.
    在他们家，年轻的照顾年长的是一个传统。

1. (遗传)：△遗传(tradition)有两种:一是人的遗传(太十五1~9;西二8),一是使徒的遗传(林十一2原文「我所传给你们的遗传;帖后二15,三6「教训」原文均「遗传」. 人的遗传要排除,使徒的遗传要坚守. 遗传又可以译为传说、传统. 因而我们当继承使徒教会的传说、传统.

2. 传统;风俗：在这个节日里,人们按照传统风俗(tradition) 制作 diya 形状巧克力,将 diya 巧克力涂上复杂的图案,装饰上巧克力钮扣和巧克力薄片,在里面塞满各式各样的糖果后,赠送给朋友们和邻居.

1. 传统;传说
    A tradition is a custom or belief that has existed for a long time.

    e.g. ...the rich traditions of Afro-Cuban music, and dance...
           非裔古巴人丰富的音乐、舞蹈传统
    e.g. Mary has carried on the family tradition of giving away plants...
           玛丽承袭了向别人赠送植物的家族传统。

2. 承袭…风格的;具有…特点的
    If you say that something or someone is in the tradition of a person or thing from the past, you mean that they have many features that remind you of that person or thing.

    e.g. They''re marvellous pictures in the tradition of Gainsborough.
           这些是具有庚斯博罗风格的绝妙画作。
    e.g. …a Catholic novelist in the tradition of Graham Greene.
           与格雷厄姆·格林一脉相承的天主教小说家

1. a specific practice of long standing

    Synonym: custom

2. an inherited pattern of thought or action