プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
きゅうたい【旧態】
the former state of things
その街は旧態をとどめていない
There are no traces left of how this part of the town used to look.
彼は旧態を改めようとしない
He makes no effort to reform the old order.
彼の主張は旧態依然たるものがある
His claim is just the same old thing.