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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 依照慣例的；遵循習俗的；墨守成規的；普通平凡的 Extra ExamplesHe turned out to be a very conventional young man. 他原來是一個非常傳統的年輕人。 The imagery in the poem is somewhat conventional. 這首詩的意象有些墨守成規。 They rejected what they saw as the hypocrisy of conventional society. 他們排斥被他們認爲僞善的傳統社會。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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following what is traditional or the way something has been done for a long time 傳統的；習慣的 conventional methods/approaches 傳統方法 It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel. 這不是一家傳統意義上的旅館，而是整個村莊變身而成的度假村。 You can use a microwave or cook it in a conventional oven. 你可以用微波爐或傳統烤箱烹制。
Extra ExamplesHer face is not beautiful in conventional terms. 她的臉按常規來說並不漂亮。 My sister was taught to read by more conventional methods. 我妹妹是用更傳統的方法學習閱讀的。 Raising such a large amount of money from conventional sources would be difficult. 從傳統來源籌集如此大量的資金將是困難的。 She had a fairly conventional start to her career. 她的事業有一個相當傳統的開端。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of medical treatment 醫療 using the usual scientific methods of Western medicine such as artificial drugs and operations 非核的；常規的 conventional medicine 傳統醫學 Conventional treatments for this condition have been only partially successful. 這種疾病的傳統治療只取得了部分成功。
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(especially of weapons 尤指武器 not nuclear 非核的；常規的 conventional forces/weapons 常規部隊／武器 A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation. 常規戰爭仍然會造成不可接受的破壞。 a conventional power station (= using oil or coal as fuel, rather than nuclear power) 常規電站
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 大多數人的看法；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. 人們普遍認爲社區感已不複存在，但是我住的地方不同。 The received wisdom is that the book is always better than the film. 人們普遍的看法是，小說總是比電影好看。 Contrary to conventional wisdom, stress is not a bad thing. 與傳統的看法相反，壓力並不是壞事。 Popular wisdom has it that higher oil prices are bad for economic growth. 人們普遍認爲油價上漲不利於經濟增長。