社会习俗 social custom
social usage
folkway
- 尽管当代妇女的地位已经提高了很多,她们仍然受社会习俗的约束。
Though the contemporary women's status has been much improved, they are still restrained by social conventions. - 她要是有了他的孩子,他承诺会牺牲他自己的,因为社会习俗要求一个有尊严的男人这样做。
He was saying that he would sacrifice himself if she had conceived his child, because convention demanded this of an honorable man. - 通货膨胀,新生产区崛起竞争,燃料短缺,社会习俗变化,这一切使人们难以做出最好的选择。
Problems of inflation, competition from new producing areas, fuel scarcities, and changes in social mores make it difficult to determine one's best alternative.