rite of passage

Initiation ceremonies serve as rites of passage that mark the transition from adolescence to adulthood.入会仪式是标志着从青春期向成年过渡的过渡仪式。

The graduation ceremony functions as a rite of passage in many Western educational traditions.在许多西方教育传统中，毕业典礼起到了过渡仪式的作用。