convention

[US]/kənˈvenʃn/
[UK]/kənˈvenʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 大会习俗、惯例、协议
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

attend a convention

参加会议

convention center

会议中心

international convention

国际会议

convention registration

会议注册

convention venue

会议场地

national convention

全国代表大会(美国政党为总统候选人提名而召开);国民公会(指1792-1795年间的法国议会)

berne convention

伯恩公约

by convention

按照惯例

paris convention

巴黎公约

party convention

政党代表大会

warsaw convention

华沙公约(1929年在华沙签订的关于国际航空运输统一规则的公约)

naming convention

命名约定

social convention

社会惯例,社会传统

geneva convention

日内瓦公约

constitutional convention

宪法惯例;制宪会议;1787年美国制宪会议(Constitutional Convention)

universal copyright convention

国际版权公约

Example Sentences

the theatrical convention of the aside.

戏剧中旁白的老套

the conventions of the antebellum South.

南北战争前南方的社会习俗。

At the recent convention a declaration was adopted.

在最近举行的大会上通过了一项宣言。

the convention of shaking hands.

握手的习俗

he was an upholder of convention and correct form.

他是个循规蹈矩的人。

a Star Trek convention.

《星际旅行》影迷会。

he gavelled the convention to order.

他击槌以恢复大会的秩序。

the device is a nod to the conventions of slapstick.

那种策略是对闹剧习俗的认可。

the Hague Convention was permissive, not mandatory.

海牙公约是可变通的,不是强制性的。

the stylistic conventions of magazine stories.

杂志故事的文体常规。

preprimary conventions; preprimary support.

初选前的大会;初选前的支持

Old conventions die hard.

旧的习惯势力是不会轻易消亡的。

called the convention to order.

宣布开会

By convention, north is at the top of most maps.

依照惯例,北方位于大多数地图的顶端

the southern delegates had the convention in a chokehold.

南方代表使会议陷入僵局。

the novel abandons the conventions of normal chronology.

这部小说放弃了正常的以情节发生先后次序为安排的这一传统方式。

the pictorial conventions of mass-media imagery.

大众传媒形象的绘画常规。

a dialectical opposition between social convention and individual libertarianism.

社会习俗和个人自由意志论者之间在观念上的对立。

those less trammelled by convention than himself.

那些过多受自己而非习俗束缚的人。

social conventions that are a product of human design;

人类设计的产品——社会习俗;

Real-world Examples

" Russia ratified the convention on refugees, " she said.

“俄罗斯既然批准了难民公约,”她说。

Source: VOA Special October 2015 Collection

Trump wasted no time tossing diplomatic conventions overboard.

特朗普旋即抛弃了以往的外交惯例。

Source: Time

Phil last hosted the convention in 1948.

费城上次举办大会的时间是1948年。

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2015

You feel like going to a convention?

你想要去参加研讨会吗?

Source: Friends Season 9

Even the presence of a negro maid would not satisfy the conventions.

即使有个黑人侍女跟在身边,从习俗上讲也还是不够的。

Source: Gone with the Wind

There was a comic book convention in the capital.

首都还会举行漫画博览会。

Source: NPR News September 2017 Collection

They are impatient with stuffy conventions.

他们无法忍受古板的条条框框。

Source: The Economist - Arts

But, in the summer of nineteen seventy-two, attention focused on the presidential nominating conventions.

但是,在1972年夏天,注意力集中在总统提名大会上。

Source: VOA Special July 2020 Collection

Traditionally the party that doesn't hold the White House has its convention first.

传统上,未入主白宫的政党先举行党代会。

Source: CNN Listening Compilation August 2020

You could blow off the convention.

你可以不去开会。

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

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