迷信

Old wives' tale

n。愚蠢的迷信，无稽之谈

This is a very ancient superstition which seems to originate in the 1580s.

这是一个由来已久的迷信，似乎从1580年就有了。

Its contents mainly has:The daughter returns to natal home, the wall clock 馗 is like, facing a ghost ship and hiding noon, the noon leaf's sign, hang calamus , wormwood, swim 100 diseases, wear perfume satchel, have 牲醴, match Dragon Boat, ratio force, hit ball with racket, play on a swing, give kid red orpiment, drink red orpiment wine, the wine of calamus, eat five poisonous round flat cakes, salty egg, Zong-zis and the season fresh fruit etc., in addition to the activity of superstition color has already outside disappear gradually, the rest spreads the whole China up to now and close by various country.

其内容主要有：女儿回娘家，挂钟馗像，迎鬼船、躲午，帖午叶符，悬挂菖蒲、艾草，游百病，佩香囊，备牲醴，赛龙舟，比武，击球，荡秋千，给小孩涂雄黄，饮用雄黄酒、菖蒲酒，吃五毒饼、咸蛋、粽子和时令鲜果等，除了有迷信色彩的活动渐已消失外，其余至今流传中国各地及邻近诸国。

One of the worst results of the retention of the Keynesian myths is that it not only promotes greater and greater inflation, but that it systematically diverts attention from the real causes of our unemployment, such as excessive union wage-rates, minimum wage laws, excessive and prolonged unemployment insurance, and overgenerous relief payments.

抱持凯恩斯迷信的一个最坏结果是，不仅促使通货膨胀率急剧上升，而且用系统的手段，将人们的注意力从失业的真正成因上转移开，比如工会工资过高、最低工资法规、过度的长期失业保险，以及过分慷慨救济金。

The landlord played on his superstitious mind with all the cunning with which years of overlordship had endowed him.

老奸巨滑的地主利用农民的迷信思想，对他们进行欺骗。

To the superstitious, pagan world this was most significant.

对迷信，异教徒的世界，这是最重要的。

It is important, however, to understand what Paganism and Wicca is NOT.

它是重要的，但是，了解和paganism不是迷信。

Why should the Christian recently converted from paganism revert to his pagan superstitions in his conception of Christian doctrines?

为什么要基督教最近由paganism回复到他的异教迷信，在他的构想基督教教义？

This new approach is "probably one of the most effective" ways of determining the flight capabilities of extinct animals says Zhonghe Zhou a paleontologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing.

北京中国迷信院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所的古生物学家周中和说："这种新方法很可能是测定灭绝动物飞行能力最有效的方法之一。"

There have been palliative efforts, including a sort of superstitious belief in technology

也有一些缓和状况的办法，包括对科技手段的迷信

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失