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tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting 依照惯例的；遵循习俗的；墨守成规的；普通平凡的 Extra ExamplesHe turned out to be a very conventional young man. 他原来是一个非常传统的年轻人。 The imagery in the poem is somewhat conventional. 这首诗的意象有些墨守成规。 They rejected what they saw as the hypocrisy of conventional society. 他们排斥被他们认为伪善的传统社会。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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following what is traditional or the way something has been done for a long time 传统的；习惯的 conventional methods/approaches 传统方法 It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel. 这不是一家传统意义上的旅馆，而是整个村庄变身而成的度假村。 You can use a microwave or cook it in a conventional oven. 你可以用微波炉或传统烤箱烹制。
Extra ExamplesHer face is not beautiful in conventional terms. 她的脸按常规来说并不漂亮。 My sister was taught to read by more conventional methods. 我妹妹是用更传统的方法学习阅读的。 Raising such a large amount of money from conventional sources would be difficult. 从传统来源筹集如此大量的资金将是困难的。 She had a fairly conventional start to her career. 她的事业有一个相当传统的开端。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of medical treatment 医疗 using the usual scientific methods of Western medicine such as artificial drugs and operations 非核的；常规的 conventional medicine 传统医学 Conventional treatments for this condition have been only partially successful. 这种疾病的传统治疗只取得了部分成功。
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(especially of weapons 尤指武器 not nuclear 非核的；常规的 conventional forces/weapons 常规部队／武器 A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation. 常规战争仍然会造成不可接受的破坏。 a conventional power station (= using oil or coal as fuel, rather than nuclear power) 常规电站
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to a formal agreement or convention’): from French conventionnel or late Latin conventionalis, from Latin conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’.
Idioms
conventional/received/popular wisdom
the view or belief that most people hold 大多数人的看法；普遍信念 Extra ExamplesConventional wisdom has it that all sense of community has gone, but that is not the case where I live. 人们普遍认为社区感已不复存在，但是我住的地方不同。 The received wisdom is that the book is always better than the film. 人们普遍的看法是，小说总是比电影好看。 Contrary to conventional wisdom, stress is not a bad thing. 与传统的看法相反，压力并不是坏事。 Popular wisdom has it that higher oil prices are bad for economic growth. 人们普遍认为油价上涨不利于经济增长。