shibboleth

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Notice that in each case the objection is based on a shibboleth.
值得注意的是每一種這樣的反對其根基不過是一個口號。
Shibboleth is an Open Source project that provides federated identity and access control between academic institutions.
Shibboleth是一個開放源代碼項目，在學(xué)員之間提供聯(lián)邦制的身份確認(rèn)和訪問控制。
In the first four weeks after its opening, two years ago, 15 people were hurt while viewing Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth, a giant crack cut into the floor of the hall.
兩年前，在開幕后的頭四個星期內(nèi)，多麗絲·賽爾薩埵（Doris Salcedo）表演《口令》時廳里的地板上裂了個大口子，造成15個觀眾受傷。

This was a sign that Umberto Agnelli and his small, well-regarded staff will abandon at least one shibboleth.
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One application, called Shibboleth, is a piece of open source software that enables users to share restricted online resources.
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This idea is a shibboleth of sorts, something insiders know as pedestrian fact, something outsiders have serious trouble grokking.
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a belief or custom that is not now considered as important and correct as it was in the past

If you describe an idea or belief as a shibboleth, you mean that it is thought important by a group of people but may be old-fashioned or wrong.