因循守旧、墨守成规【英】

afford to simply stick to old ways and guard old conventions

译文来源

http://english.qstheory.cn/2015-03/16/c_1114459319.htm

例句

1. 全面推进依法治国，必须从我国实际出发，同推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化相适应，既不能罔顾国情、超越阶段，也不能因循守旧、墨守成规。——《加快建设社会主义法治国家——习近平在党的十八届四中全会第二次全体会议上的讲话（节选）》

1. The effort to comprehensively advance the rule of law must, therefore, be carried out on the basis of China’s realities and in line with our push to modernize the country’s governance system and governance capacity. In this effort, we can neither afford to disregard our country’s national conditions and race ahead of ourselves, nor can we afford to simply stick to old ways and guard old conventions.—Quoted from Accelerating the Establishment of Socialist Rule of Law in China —Speech at Session I,II of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth CPC Central Committee on October 23, 2014