cherry.Xu: BC101 (Humpty Dumpty & superstitions old wives tables)

Superstition is a credulous belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to folk beliefs deemed irrational, which is appropriate since irrational means “not based on reason”. This leads to some superstitions being called “old wives’ tales”. It is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy and spiritual beings, particularly the irrational belief that future events can be foretold by specific unrelated prior events.

轻信迷信是信仰或观念，而不是理由或知识为基础。这个词通常用来指贬义民间信仰认为不合理，这是适当的，因为不合理的意思是“没有理由的”。这将会导致一些迷信被称为“老妻子的故事”。它也经常适用于信仰和习俗周围运气，预言与鬼神，尤其是不合理的信念，即未来发生的事件可以通过特定的事件无关事先预言。