“因袭”常见的英文表达有 “follow blindly”、“inherit uncritically” 或 “perpetuate old practices”,具体可根据语境选用:
1、 “follow blindly”(盲目遵循)
强调不加思考、机械地照搬前人做法。
例句:We should not follow blindly the old ways of doing things. (我们不应盲目因袭旧的做法。)
2、 “inherit uncritically”(不批判地继承)
侧重于未对传统或前人成果进行批判性思考就加以继承。
例句:The new generation tends to inherit uncritically the values of their parents. (新一代人往往不批判地因袭父母的价值观。)
3、 “perpetuate old practices”(使旧习俗延续)
突出让旧有的做法、传统等持续存在下去。
例句:We need to break free from old patterns instead of perpetuating them. (我们需要摆脱旧的模式,而不是因袭它们。)