convention

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

Translation

n. 大會習俗、慣例、協議
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

attend a convention

參加會議

convention center

會議中心

international convention

國際會議

convention registration

會議註冊

convention venue

會議場地

national convention

全國代表大會(美國政黨爲總統候選人提名而召開);國民公會(指1792-1795年間的法國議會)

berne convention

伯恩公約

by convention

按照慣例

paris convention

巴黎公約

party convention

政黨代表大會

warsaw convention

華沙公約(1929年在華沙簽訂的關於國際航空運輸統一規則的公約)

naming convention

命名約定

social convention

社會慣例,社會傳統

geneva convention

日內瓦公約

constitutional convention

憲法慣例;制憲會議;1787年美國製憲會議(Constitutional Convention)

universal copyright convention

國際版權公約

Example Sentences

the theatrical convention of the aside.

戲劇中旁白的老套

the conventions of the antebellum South.

南北戰爭前南方的社會習俗。

At the recent convention a declaration was adopted.

在最近舉行的大會上通過了一項宣言。

the convention of shaking hands.

握手的習俗

he was an upholder of convention and correct form.

他是個循規蹈矩的人。

a Star Trek convention.

《星際旅行》影迷會。

he gavelled the convention to order.

他擊槌以恢復大會的秩序。

the device is a nod to the conventions of slapstick.

那種策略是對鬧劇習俗的認可。

the Hague Convention was permissive, not mandatory.

海牙公約是可變通的,不是強制性的。

the stylistic conventions of magazine stories.

雜誌故事的文體常規。

preprimary conventions; preprimary support.

初選前的大會;初選前的支持

Old conventions die hard.

舊的習慣勢力是不會輕易消亡的。

called the convention to order.

宣佈開會

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

依照慣例,北方位於大多數地圖的頂端

the southern delegates had the convention in a chokehold.

南方代表使會議陷入僵局。

the novel abandons the conventions of normal chronology.

這部小說放棄了正常的以情節發生先後次序爲安排的這一傳統方式。

the pictorial conventions of mass-media imagery.

大衆傳媒形象的繪畫常規。

a dialectical opposition between social convention and individual libertarianism.

社會習俗和個人自由意志論者之間在觀念上的對立。

those less trammelled by convention than himself.

那些過多受自己而非習俗束縛的人。

social conventions that are a product of human design;

人類設計的產品——社會習俗;

Real-world Examples

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

“俄羅斯既然批准了難民公約,”她說。

Source: VOA Special October 2015 Collection

Trump wasted no time tossing diplomatic conventions overboard.

特朗普旋即拋棄了以往的外交慣例。

Source: Time

Phil last hosted the convention in 1948.

費城上次舉辦大會的時間是1948年。

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2015

You feel like going to a convention?

你想要去參加研討會嗎?

Source: Friends Season 9

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

即使有個黑人侍女跟在身邊,從習俗上講也還是不夠的。

Source: Gone with the Wind

There was a comic book convention in the capital.

首都還會舉行漫畫博覽會。

Source: NPR News September 2017 Collection

They are impatient with stuffy conventions.

他們無法忍受古板的條條框框。

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,注意力集中在總統提名大會上。

Source: VOA Special July 2020 Collection

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

傳統上,未入主白宮的政黨先舉行黨代會。

Source: CNN Listening Compilation August 2020

You could blow off the convention.

你可以不去開會。

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

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