a ritual performed in some cultures at times when a individual changes his status (as from adolescence to adulthood)

nobody wants to remain a beginner. it is merely a rite of passage everyone must experience.

没有人希望一直是个初学者。这只是每个人的必经之路。

occasionally, on a big birthday people will take a step back and try to form a complete picture of their lives, but we have no regular rite of passage prompting them to do so.

人们只是在偶尔过大生的时候回顾过去，试着拼凑起生命的图景。然而我们的文化没有激励人们长期定期地做这件事。

playing football in the driving rain, with the mud flying, is a rite of passage for teenagers the world over.

冒着暴雨在球场上驰骋，四周泥点纷飞，这是全世界少年们的成年礼。

another example is the extent to which membership in a college fraternity promotes drinking, both as a rite of passage and a bonding mechanism.

另一个例子便是在大学互助会的人广泛饮酒，其原因包括入会仪式和契约机制两个方面。

「in certain areas, it「s almost become a rite of passage to have your nose fixed and straightened when you」re a teenager,」 he says.

他说，「在某些地区，当你还是孩童的时候，对鼻子整形和做挺几乎成为了一种通行仪式。

while boys often expressed nostalgia and affection toward gi joe, renouncing barbie appeared to be a rite of passage for many girls, nairn said.

当男孩们‘美国大兵’念念不忘时，和芭比娃娃说再见则是女孩告别童年时代的标志。

to be the best player in the sport, well, bryant promises there’s a rite of passage which comes with the biggest performances in the biggest games, a rite that comes with titles.

要成为体育界里最好的球员，科比认为这需要经历一个通过仪式，在你在最关键的比赛中打出最关键的表现的时候，在你赢得总冠军的时刻。

the topic: how to guard kobe bryant. brewer was about to undergo his initial baptism by bryant, a rite of passage for fledgling wing players who must defend him.

到底该怎么防守科比？布鲁尔经历了科比对他的首次严峻考验，还处于羽翼未满阶段的他必须去防守科比。

the president noted that to understand the seriousness of the issue, people have to get past the “myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up.」

而总统在会议上也同时指出，人们应该正确认识到问题的严重性，应当摒弃原有对校园欺凌事件错误的概念，认为那只是一种无害的仪式或者说是成长中谁都避免不了的一部分。

we will hold the rite of passage in the morning!

我们将在早晨举行成年礼！

it is a rite of passage for every new french president to head to french-speaking africa and reaffirm faith in la francophonie.

每个新上任的法国总统都要经历这样一个仪式：走访非洲讲法语的国家，并重申其对法语区的忠诚。

the main rite of passage in a young south korean man’s life is his two-year period of compulsory military service.

在韩国，年轻男子要迈过的一生中最大的坎，莫过于服满两年义务兵役了。

the rite of passage was conducted on the bitterly cold asphalt of the golden valley driver’s course.

这一段路程是金色峡谷司机课程中在寒冷的柏油路上驾驶所必修的课程。

that being said, i feel that learning with books is as important a rite of passage as learning to eat with utensils and being potty-trained.

和刚说的一样，我觉得通过纸质书学习是一种仪式，就像学习用餐具吃饭和戒尿布一样重要。

taking to the road with a nod to iconic classics, the menswear tales catalogue pure rite of passage journeys that fundamentally shape their characters.

男装系列诉说着公路之旅的豪情，向经典中的经典致敬，带出系列的鲜明特质。

joining the powerful senior citizens’ lobby aarp is almost a rite of passage for many americans as they turn 50.

加入很有影响力的美国退休人员协会(aarp)几乎是很多美国人进入50岁时的必然选择。

in the rich world, getting hold of your first credit card is a rite of passage far more important for your daily life than casting your first vote.

在富裕国家，拥有第一张信用卡意味人生进入新的阶段其对于日常生活的意义远远大于投出第一张选票。

some see it as a matter of hygiene, others as a rite of passage into womanhood.

有些人仅把此类手术当做「保洁」的手段，而另一些人则将其看作是从少女步入成年女性行列必经的人生大事。