convention

[kən'venʃən]

n. 大会, 协定, 惯例, 公约

n.

1. 会议, 大会; 全体与会者[C]

The Republican national convention was held in Houston.

共和党全国代表大会在休斯顿举行。

2. 召集, 集合[U]

3. 公约, 协定[C]

The two countries are reported to have concluded a military convention.

据报导, 这两个国家已缔结军事协定。

4. 惯例, 习俗; 常规[C][U]

It is silly to be a slave to social conventions.

对社会习俗盲从是愚蠢的。

5. (艺术上的)传统手法[C]

词形变化

名词: conventicler |

词义辨析

同义:

n.集会, 会议

meeting  gathering  assembly  assemblage  congregation  congress  convocation  council  synod  conclave  conference  parley  caucus  powwow

n.公约, 协定

contract  compact  agreement  treaty  covenant  concordat  entente  arrangement  understanding  bargain  deal  pact

n.(社会)习俗, 惯例

conventionality  custom  orthodoxy  tradition  propriety  etiquette  protocol  practice  code  habit  law  

同义参见:

diet  parliament  culture  formality  institution  union  signal  

英英释义

名词 convention:

a large formal assembly

something regarded as a normative example

同义词：normal, pattern, rule, formula

(diplomacy) an international agreement

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

同义词：conventionality, conventionalism

the act of convening

同义词：convening

补充

conventionconvention英:[kənˈvenʃən] 美:[kənˈvɛnʃən]n.1.(某一职业、政党等的人士召开的)大会At the recent convention a declaration was adopted.在最近举行的大会上通过了一项宣言。2.习俗, 惯例Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation.依照常规部长在这种情况下应该辞职。3.协议, 协定Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighbouring country.日本已与邻国签署一项和平协定。

例句

1. A lot of the usual conventions are ignored when you go on holiday.度假时, 许多行为规范就不注意了。 2. It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts.男人不穿短裙只因社会习俗如此。 3. the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art埃及艺术的风格惯式 4. The 58th annual convention of the Pennsylvania section of the American Legion was held in Philadelphia.第58届美国军团宾夕法尼亚州分部年会在费城举行。 5. The convention voted 62-45 to confirm Robinson's election.与会代表以62票赞成、45票反对确定鲁宾逊当选。 6. the Republican convention共和党代表大会 7. the pictorial conventions of mass-media imagery.大众传媒形象的绘画常规。 8. he was an upholder of convention and correct form.他是个循规蹈矩的人。 9. [count noun]the law is felt to express social conventions.此项法律被认为反映了社会习俗。 10. the party held its biennial convention.该党召开了两年一次的大会。 11. a Star Trek convention.《星际旅行》影迷会。 12. A speech by the bride's father is one of the conventions of a wedding.由新娘的父亲致辞是婚礼的习俗之一。 13. The film shows no respect for convention.这部电影不落俗套。 14. the Democratic Party convention民主党全国代表大会 15. the Geneva convention日内瓦公约 16. We go to the weeklong annual teachers' convention every summer.我们每年夏天都会参加为期一周的教师年会。 17. He bought some new books at the science fiction convention.他在科幻小说大会上买了几本新书。 18. a constitutional convention [=a meeting in which political leaders create a constitution]制宪会议 19. The Democratic National convention will meet next week to announce their party's candidate for president.民主党全国代表大会将在下周召开，宣布该党的总统候选人。 20. The conference was held at the new convention center. [=a building or set of buildings designed to hold many people and meetings]大会是在新的会议中心举行的。 21. It's important to follow the conventions of punctuation in a paper for school.写学业论文时按规定使用标点是很重要的。 22. They say school is just as important for teaching children social codes and conventions as for teaching math.他们说学校教给孩子各种社会准则和规范与教数学同样重要。 23. Many sports shows have recently adopted the conventions of the talk show.许多体育节目最近都采用了脱口秀的惯用形式。 24. a poet who rebels against literary convention反对文学墨守成规的诗人 25. The award that by convention should have gone to the student with the highest grade went instead to the teacher's favorite.这个奖项按惯例本该授予成绩最好的学生，但却给了这个老师最喜欢的学生。 26. a director who has always defied convention [=done unexpected or unusual things] in his movies在其影片中不断花样翻新的导演 27. "As a matter of convention, the oldest members speak first."按照惯例，最年长者首先发言。 28. artistic conventions艺术创作的惯用手法 29. The director's use of the usual romantic conventions made the film boring and predictable.导演采用了惯常的浪漫手法，使得影片枯燥乏味并且情节老套。 30. His latest novel uses the conventions of early 19th-century literature.他最新创作的小说采用了19世纪初的传统文学手法。 31. an international convention banning the spread of nuclear weapons禁止核武器扩散的国际公约 32. the United Nations convention on the Law of the Sea《联合国海洋法公约》