convention的解释

1. a large formal assembly;

   "political convention"
   

2. something regarded as a normative example;

   "the convention of not naming the main character"
   "violence is the rule not the exception"
   "his formula for impressing visitors"
   

3. (diplomacy) an international agreement
4. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
5. the act of convening

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

1. 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. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。

• 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。