According to a beaten path, Mr. Dodge should have dinner with his parents.

根据惯例，道奇先生应该同父母共进晚餐。

A " beaten path" would be one where a lot of people have gone before you.

“人迹罕至的道路”是许多人在您之前走过的道路。

A beaten path, such as those made by the periodical passage of the deer, wound through a little glen at no great distance, and struck the river at the point where the white man and his red companions had posted themselves.

一条人迹罕至的小路，就像鹿的周期性经过所形成的那样，在不远处蜿蜒穿过一个小峡谷，并在白人和他的红人同伴驻扎的地方触及河流。