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the way in which something is done that most people in a society expect and consider to be polite or the right way to do it 习俗；常规；惯例 the rigid social conventions of Victorian Britain 英国维多利亚时期僵化的社会习俗 She is a young woman who enjoys flouting conventions. 她是一位喜欢无视传统习俗的年轻女子。 - by convention
By convention the deputy leader was always a woman. 按惯例，这一领导职务的副职总是由女性担任。 Convention demands that a club member should resign in such a situation. 惯例要求俱乐部成员在这种情况下应该辞职。
Extra ExamplesBy convention, planets are named after Roman gods. 根据惯例，行星是以罗马神话中诸神的名字命名的。 By convention, the Queen gives the Royal Assent to all measures passed by Parliament. 根据惯例，女王要御准议会通过的一切议案。 Convention dictated that dangerous physical action is the part of heroes, not heroines. 惯例要求男主角做危险的身体动作，而不是女主角。 He had the freedom of spirit to cut through convention. 他有冲破习俗的精神自由。 Her work refuses any concession to polite conventions of ‘good taste’. 她的作品拒绝迎合“高品位”的礼貌习俗。 In a surprising break with convention, she wore a red wedding dress. 她打破习俗，出人意料地穿了一件红色婚纱。 Life with the Leighs was not hidebound by rules or convention. 和利一家人生活不受规矩或习俗的制约。 No young politician can afford to flout convention in this way. 没有哪个年轻的从政者敢于以这样的方式无视传统。 She knew that she had broken an important social convention. 她知道自己违反了一个重要的社会习俗。 They followed the Greek convention of pinning gifts of money to the bride's dress. 他们遵循希腊习俗，把钱作为礼物别在新娘的礼服上。 Here we decided to break with convention. 在这里，我们决定打破常规。 The handshake is a social convention. 握手是一种社会习俗。 They showed a refreshing disrespect for convention. 他们对传统表现出令人耳目一新的不尊重。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accepted
- established
- long-standing
- …
- set
- adhere to
- conform to
- follow
- …
- demand something
- dictate something
- according to convention
- by convention
- a break with convention
- a matter of convention
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a large meeting of the members of a profession, a political party, etc. （从业者、政党成员等的）大会，集会 to hold a convention 召开大会 the Democratic Party Convention (= to elect a candidate for president) 民主党代表大会（选出总统候选人）
Extra ExamplesDallas is one of the top convention cities in the United States. 达拉斯是美国最顶级的会议城市之一。 He addressed the annual Republican convention. 他在共和党年会上讲了话。 She was at the Democratic convention. 她参加了民主党代表大会。 journalists reporting from the convention floor 在会议会众席进行报道的记者 The party's annual convention will be held on April 6. 该党的年度大会将于4月6日召开。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- international
- national
- …
- have
- hold
- host
- …
- take place
- centre/center
- hall
- floor
- …
- at a/the convention
- delegates to a convention
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an official agreement between countries or leaders （国家或首脑间的）公约，协定，协议 the Geneva convention 日内瓦公约 the United Nations convention on the rights of the child 联合国儿童权利公约
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1, Politicsc1Most countries have adhered to the convention. 大多数国家都遵守这项公约。 Over 60 countries have yet to ratify the climate convention. 超过60个国家还有待落实气候公约。 The convention established procedures for the transport of toxic waste. 这一公约规定了运输有毒废物的程序。 This is forbidden under the Convention on Human Rights. 《人权公约》禁止这种行为。 This practice breaches the arms convention. 这一做法违反了武器公约。 a convention governing the conditions under which mining is permitted 规定采矿批准条件的公约 the 1869 convention between Turkey and Persia 1869 年土耳其和波斯之间的公约 the 1951 United Nations Convention on refugees 1951 年关于难民的联合国公约 the Berne Convention for the Conservation of European Wildlife 《伯尔尼保护欧洲野生动物公约》 the UN convention against torture 反对酷刑的联合国公约
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- global
- international
- European
- …
- adopt
- ratify
- sign
- …
- apply
- govern something
- establish something
- …
- under a/the convention
- convention against
- convention between
- …
- a breach of a convention
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a traditional method or style in literature, art or the theatre （文学、艺术或戏剧的）传统手法，传统风格 the conventions of Greek tragedy 希腊悲剧的传统手法
Extra ExamplesIt's an established convention that the part is played by a woman. 由女性扮演这个角色已成惯例。 The novel refuses to conform to the narrative conventions of 19th century realism. 这部小说拒绝迎合19世纪现实主义小说的叙述套路。 The novel conforms to the conventions of nineteenth-century realism. 这本小说遵循19世纪现实主义的传统手法。 He challenged the conventions of painting. 他挑战绘画的传统手法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accepted
- established
- long-standing
- …
- set
- adhere to
- conform to
- follow
- …
- demand something
- dictate something
- according to convention
- by convention
- a break with convention
- a matter of convention
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): via Old French from Latin conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’. Sense (1) dates from the late 18th cent.