convention

convention音标

英 [kənˈvenʃn]

美 [kənˈvɛnʃən]

convention基本释义

n.大会；协定；惯例；公约

convention用法及例句

n.(名词)

[C](某一职业、**等的人士召开的)大会 conference of members of a profession, political party, etc.

[C][U]习俗,惯例 general, usually unspoken, agreement about how people should act or behave in certain circumstances

[C]协议,协定 agreement between states, rulers, etc. that is less formal than a treaty

noun

1. the act of convening

Synonym: convening

2. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

Synonym: conventionalityconventionalism

3. something regarded as a normative example

e.g. the convention of not naming the main characterviolence is the rule not the exceptionhis formula for impressing visitors

Synonym: normalpatternruleformula

4. (diplomacy) an international agreement

5. a large formal assembly

e.g. political convention

1. 习俗;惯例;常规A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.

e.g. It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts...男人不穿裙子只是一种社会习俗。e.g. Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at 21.尽管她不想遵循传统习俗，但她还是在21岁的时候就怀孕并且结婚了。

2. (艺术、文学、戏剧中的)传统做法，传统风格In art, literature, or the theatre, a convention is a traditional method or style.

convention的解释

e.g. We go offstage and come back for the convention of the encore.按照加演的传统做法，我们走到后台后又再次返场。e.g. ...the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art.埃及艺术的传统风格

3. (国家或组织间的)公约，协定，协约A convention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people.

convention的反义词

e.g. ...the UN convention on climate change.联合国有关气候变化的公约e.g. ...the Geneva convention.日内瓦公约

4. (组织、*治团体的)大会，大型会议A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group.

e.g. ...the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists.职业新闻工作者协会年度大会e.g. ...the Republican convention.共和*代表大会

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作名词(n.)

At the recent convention a declaration was adopted.在*近举行的大会上通过了一项宣言。

It is the convention for women to wear this type of skirt.妇女们习惯穿这种式样的裙子。

Convention dictates that he should resign in such a situation.依照常规，他在这种情况下应该辞职。

Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighboring country.日本已与邻国签署了一项和平协定。

用作名词 (n.)

attend〔hold, join, wind up〕 a convention出席〔召开,参加,结束〕会议

break with convention打破常规

offend against convention违反公约〔协定〕

sign a convention签署公约

annual convention年会

military convention*事协定

political convention*治会议

social convention社会习俗

copyright convention版权公约

party convention*代表大会,〈美〉**大会

at the convention of在…会议上

by convention按照常规〔惯例〕

in convention开会

slave to convention传统习俗的奴隶

under the convention根据协定

convention of peace和平协定

There was a convention of dentists in the city.

出自：T. Dreiser

词义讲解

词源解说

n.(名词)

convention, assembly, congress, council, meeting

这组词都有“会议”“集会”的意思。

1.meeting是普通用词,可指两人或两人以上的各种情况的集会、会议; council常指在国际上由各国代表参加的*治会议,或常设的*治机构; congress使用面比council窄,在国际上指各种专业人员代表大会,或为解决某事项专门召开的各国代表会议,在国内则多指经选举产生的立法机构,或专业人员代表大会; convention指正式派代表出席的*治、宗教、**等的大会,用以通过协议或选举领导人等。

2.council的成员是固定的,规模不大,是非群众性的; 而congress的规模总是较大,有一定的代表性、群众性。

☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的conventio，意为大会，惯例。

近义词

反义词

临近词

meeting

congress

custom

conference

unconventionality非常规

convention goer

convention room

convention trip

conventioner

convention hall

conventioneer

convention area

conventional

convention test

convention flee

convent

convention tour

相关列句

The International Convention Centre is the venue for a three-day arts festival.(国际会议中心是为期3天的艺术节的举办场所。)

According to the right-hand rule, they would be spinning, by our convention, anticlockwise.(由右手定律我们知道，按惯例，它们会逆时针旋转。)

The BIO recently held a convention which included sessions to coach lawyers on the shifting landscape for patents.(BIO*近召开了一个会议，其中部分议程就不断变化的专利领域向律师们提供培训进行了讨论。)

He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.(在上周的会议上，他犯了一个尴尬的错误。)

By convention the deputy leader was always a woman.(按惯例，这一领导职务的副职总是由女性担任。)

The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling.(会议呼吁两年内暂停商业捕鲸活动。)

Vitacorp, a manufacturer, wishes to make its information booth at an industry convention more productive in terms of boosting sales.(制造商Vitacorp希望其在行业会议的信息展台上更有成效地促进销售。)

The country appears to be violating several articles of the convention.(该国看来正在违反该公约中的数个条款。)

The convention does not apply to us.(该协定对我们不适用。)

This convention expanded to discussions of the possibility of all the British colonies uniting into one nation.(大会广泛讨论了联合所有英属殖民地联合建立一个国家的可能性。)