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 I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom , conventionalities, nor even of mortal flash：it is my spirit that address your spirit ,just as if both had passed through the grave ,and we stood at God\'s feet, equal as we are

 I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flash：it is my spirit that address your spirit ,just as if both had passed through the grave ,and we stood at God\'s feet, equal as we are!

——Jane Eyre

我现在不是依据习俗，常规，甚至也不是通过血肉之躯同你说话，而是我的灵魂同你的灵魂在对话，就仿佛我们两人穿过坟墓，站在上帝脚下，彼此平等—— 本来就如此！

——《简· 爱》

一、关于custom，你应该知道的用法有

adj.

定做的，定制的 made or performed according to personal order

For the specified client、project and market, we deliver a custom made solution.

每一个项目都是为特定的业主、项目及市场所量身定做的。

n.

1.风俗 an accepted way of behaving or of doing things in a society or a community

Social customs are greatly different from country to country.

各个国家的社会风俗很不相同。

2.习惯，惯例 the way a person always behaves

Eating hot dogs is an American custom.

吃热狗是美国人的一种习惯。

3.经常光顾；（经常性的）顾客 usually habitual patrons : customers

I shall withdraw my custom from that shop.

我不再去那家商店买东西了。

4.海关；关税 duties, tolls, or imposts imposed by the sovereign law of a country on imports or exports

It took us only four minutes to get through the customs.

我们用4分钟的时间通过了海关。

二、词义辨析：还有哪些词汇能表示“风俗”的意思

habit, custom, manners, usage, practice, convention, tradition

这些名词均含有“习惯，风俗，传统”之意。

habit侧重于自然养成的，不易去掉的个人习惯。

custom指一个国家、一个民族、一个地区或一个社会的习惯、行为方式或风俗习惯。也可指个人的习惯。

manners指在某一时期或某一团体中盛行的社会礼仪或社会风俗模式。

usage指持续时间长，为很多人公认采纳的惯例、习俗。

practice常指习惯性的做法或行为。

convention多指约定俗成的行为方式规则或公认的标准，或指艺术上公认的技巧。

tradition广义指世代相传的伦理、行为规范和生活方式，特指因长久奉行而几乎具有法律效力的习惯、习俗，侧重历史意义。

三、最后，做个填词游戏吧

It is the ________ in that country for women to marry young.
女子早婚是那个国家的风俗。

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