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Convention Political N Count 可数名词 Social Geneva Group 英

英语单词 convention
英美音标 英 [kən'venʃn] 美 [kən'venʃn]
中文释义 n.大会;协定;惯例;公约
英语例句 (1) The convention looms as political battle.
(2) Delegates will be picked at a convention.
(3) This convention results in no ambiguity.
(4) The handshake is a social convention.
(5) Convention requires that such meetings open with prayer.
(6) Property Management Convention agreed receivers?
(7) We follow Geneva Convention procedures.
中文例句 (1) 这场大会将是一场政治角斗。
(2) 代表将在大会上选出。
(3) 这个协定不会导致误解。
(4) 握手是社交惯例。
(5) 惯例上要求这样的集会应当以祈祷开始。
(6) 物业管理公约约定啥?
(7) 我们遵守日内瓦公约规定的程序。
vocabulary简明 A convention is a meeting, usually of a particular group. Political parties, teachers, plumbers, gardeners, toymakers and computer designers all hold conventions.
vocabulary扩展 In fact, lots of cities have built Convention Centers in hopes of attracting convention-goers. The best-known conventions happen every four years when the Democrats and Republicans meet to nominate presidential candidates. A convention can also be used to describe the normal or accepted way of doing things. It's the convention, for example, for your employer to give you a three-day weekend around the Fourth of July, even if it falls on a weekend.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词]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.
  • 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。

  • 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。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
  • 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。

  • ...the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art.

    埃及艺术的传统风格

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
  [oft n N]
  • ...the UN convention on climate change.

    联合国有关气候变化的公约

  • ...the Geneva convention.

    日内瓦公约

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](组织、政治团体的)大会,大型会议 A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group.
  • ...the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists.

    职业新闻工作者协会年度大会

  • ...the Republican convention.

    共和党代表大会

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