convention的意思 convention的意思是什么

1. [C](某一职业、政党等的人士召开的)大会 conference of members of a profession, political party, etc.
2. [C][U]习俗,惯例 general, usually unspoken, agreement about how people should act or behave in certain circumstances
3. [C]协议,协定 agreement between states, rulers, etc. that is less formal than a treaty

1.习俗;惯例;常规
Aconvention 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 socialconvention 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 defyconvention, 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, aconvention is a traditional method or style.

convention的解释

e.g. We go offstage and come back for theconvention 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
Aconvention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people.

convention的反义词

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

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

e.g. ...the annualconvention of the Society of Professional Journalists.
职业新闻工作者协会年度大会
e.g. ...the Republicanconvention.
共和党代表大会

• 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军事协定
• political convention政治会议
• social convention社会习俗

• copyright convention版权公约
• party convention党代表大会,〈美〉政党大会

• 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

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