循规蹈矩,汉语成语,指思想守旧,守着老规矩不愿改变,可以翻译为stick to established practice,refuse to change 或follow a stereotype1 routine,循规蹈矩的人可以用routineer表示。其反义词为打破成规(break down the conventions)
例句:
他是个循规蹈矩的人。
He is a routineer.
他缺少首创精神,循规蹈矩地办所有事情。
He showed little initiative, handling all matters strictly2 by the book.
这就是循规蹈矩,不愿进步。
This was a refusal to change, to make progress.