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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1947 COCA: 2472

convention

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Related topics: Government, Arts
con·ven·tion /kənˈvenʃən/ ●●○ AWL noun  
1  [countableC]MEET a large formal meeting for people who belong to the same profession or organization or who have the same interests 大会，会议，集会
 a teachers’ convention
教师大会
 the city’s new convention center
该市新建的会议中心
 a convention for science fiction fans
科幻小说迷的集会
2  [countableC]PGAGREE a formal agreement, especially between countries, about particular rules or behaviour 〔尤指国际性的〕公约，协定 SYN pact, treaty
convention on
 the European convention on human rights
欧洲人权公约
3  [countableC, uncountableU]CONVENTIONALRULE/REGULATION behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal and right 习俗；惯例，常规 SYN custom
 Playing together teaches children social conventions such as sharing.
一起玩耍可教会儿童与人分享等社会常规。
 They defied the conventions of the time by living together without being married.
他们无视当时的社会习俗，未婚同居。
by convention
 By convention, the bride’s father gives her away at her wedding.
按照惯例，新娘的父亲在婚礼上把她交给新郎。
4  [countableC]A a method or style often used in literature, art, the theatre etc to achieve a particular effect 〔文学、艺术上的〕传统手法，传统风格
 the conventions of the 19th-century novel
19世纪小说的传统手法
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal and right
adjectives
a social/cultural convention
Each society has its own cultural conventions.
an established convention (=one that has been used for a long time)
There are established conventions for how you should end a letter.
an accepted convention
Saying 'thank you' and 'please' is an accepted convention.
verbs
defy convention (=not do what is accepted or normal)
At the time she was defying convention by living with a man.
follow convention (=do what is accepted and normal)
If everyone followed convention, the world would be a boring place.
conform to/adhere to convention formal (=do what is accepted and normal)
He’d always chosen not to conform to convention.
flout convention (=deliberately not do what is accepted or normal)
I was determined to flout convention when it came to the funeral arrangements.
phrases
a set of conventions
In the East you will have to learn a different set of conventions.
rules and conventions
Rules and conventions permeate the whole of social life.
Examples from the Corpus
convention• Lofgren told a convention of church activists that she wanted the money to be spend on local childrens' facilities.• a convention for Star Trek fans• an annual convention of the world bank• From the get-go, Ullman serves notice that her show will not be driven by convention.• For the next four years they defied convention by living as man and wife when they were not.• The Senator's speech at the Democratic Convention was well received.• the European convention on human rights• She shocked her neighbours by ignoring every convention of respectable society.• Italian neorealism breaks with film conventions of the past.• The Reform Party will hold a national convention in August.• It is a matter of convention that male business people usually wear suits.• The difference is that the poststructuralists put themselves forth as heterodox prophets and turn out to be priests of convention.• Indeed, within Renaissance convention, the two do not have the clear associations they do within Romantic conventions.• the Republican Convention• Several hundred people are expected at the hotel next month for a huge sales convention.• The handshake is a social convention.• He is a flamboyant millionaire who ignores social conventions.• Sand was a freethinker who refused to follow the conventions of her day.• The water quality board cited the port in 1995 for excessive contaminants in the convention center operation.• The relative calm before this convention is almost eerie.• The labelling of the terminal variables I i and I o in figure 10.2 conforms with this convention.• But back to Bodytalk, whose convention happened to be at the Metropole, next to Labour's conference hotel.
convention center• The city will assume responsibility for convention center permit issues when bonds are issued to finance expansion of the facility.• Before forming the task force, Golding said the planned $ 213 million convention center expansion will not be included.• The suffocating security blanket extends well beyond the convention center.• The water quality board cited the port in 1995 for excessive contaminants in the convention center operation.• Loans would be floated for construction of the convention center and the new county buildings.• He also made a deal with the Port District that permitted construction of the convention center.• The convention center is at 9800 International Drive, Orlando.• The Boston cancellation was apparently ordered after the number of proposed exhibitors grew beyond the capacity of the two convention centers.
social conventions• It preaches the doctrine that individuals should be allowed to do anything they wish unfettered by social conventions.• He completely disregarded strictly enforced social conventions and religious restrictions in order to contact the outcasts of society.• It cares little for social conventions, either.• Cooley presents a report of conversation with a former and a description of social conventions.• How do you carve out your identity when your parents were so rebellious and so against the social conventions?• He further demonstrates that what is being tested is often the social conventions of a dominant class, rather than universal logic.• But for refugee children these social conventions seldom came into play.
From Longman Business Dictionary
conventioncon·ven·tion /kənˈvenʃən/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU] behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society believe to be normal and right
2[countableC] a formal agreement, especially between countries, about rules for an activity such as war or trade
The Berne convention requires its signatories to respect copyrights for the life of the author plus 50 years.
3[countableC]COMMERCE a large meeting of people who belong to the same profession or organization, or work in the same industry
Business was so bad that many dealers decided not to go to that year’s National Automobile Dealers Association convention.
Origin convention
(1400-1500) French Latin conventio, from convenire; → CONVENIENT
con·ven·tion noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1947 COCA: 2472
convention

noun¹

 1way sth is done慣例ADJECTIVE | ... OF CONVENTIONS | VERB + CONVENTION | CONVENTION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤accepted, established, long-standing, old, traditional, well-established公認的慣例；確定的慣例；長期存在的習俗；古老的習慣；傳統習俗◇It's an established convention that the part is played by a woman.由女性扮演這個角色已成慣例。➤normal, standard, usual正常慣例；標準慣例；通常準則▸➤polite (especially BrE) 禮貌習俗◇Her work refuses any concession to polite conventions of 'good taste'.她的作品拒絕迎合“高品位”的禮貌習俗。➤arbitrary專制傳統▸➤rigid, strict僵化的／嚴格的習俗▸➤cultural, legal, social文化慣例；法律慣例；社會習俗◇the rigid social conventions of Victorian Britain英國維多利亞時期僵化的社會習俗➤artistic, cinematic, comic, dramatic, journalistic, literary, narrative, operatic, poetic藝術的／電影的／喜劇的／戲劇的／新聞的／文學的／敍述的／歌劇的／詩歌的傳統手法◇The novel refuses to conform to the narrative conventions of 19th-century realism.這部小說拒絕沿用 19 世紀現實主義的敍述套路。➤orthographic, rhetorical, spelling拼寫慣例；修辭的習慣用法... OF CONVENTIONS➤set一套慣例VERB + CONVENTION➤adhere to, conform to, follow, keep to, observe堅持慣例；符合慣例；遵守習俗◇They followed the Greek convention of pinning gifts of money to the bride's dress.他們遵循希臘習俗，把錢作為禮物別在新娘的禮服上。➤break, break with, buck, challenge, defy, flout, subvert打破慣例；置慣例於不顧；挑戰慣例；蔑視習俗；無視習慣做法；顛覆傳統做法◇She knew that she had broken an important social convention.她知道自己違反了一個重要的社會習俗。◇He challenged the conventions of painting.他挑戰繪畫的傳統手法。◇No young politician can afford to flout convention in this way.沒有哪個年輕的從政者敢於以這樣的方式無視傳統。CONVENTION + VERB➤demand sth, dictate sth習俗要求⋯；慣例規定⋯◇Convention dictated that dangerous physical action is the part of heroes, not heroines.慣例要求男主角做危險的身體動作，而不是女主角。PREPOSITION➤according to convention, by convention根據慣例◇By convention, planets are named after Roman gods.根據慣例，行星是以羅馬神話中諸神的名字命名的。PHRASES➤a break with convention打破習俗◇In a surprising break with convention, she wore a red wedding dress.她打破習俗，出人意料地穿了一件紅色婚紗。➤a matter of convention慣例問題
convention

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 2conference會議ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONVENTION | CONVENTION + VERB | CONVENTION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤annual年會▸➤international, national, state (NAmE) 國際會議；全國大會；州會議▸➤Democratic, Republican, etc.民主黨、共和黨等代表大會▸➤constitutional, nominating, party, political, presidential制憲會議；提名大會；黨代表大會；政治會議；總統會議◇A constitutional convention was elected to try to agree on a new form of government.選舉產生了制憲會議，以努力就新的政體達成一致。VERB + CONVENTION➤have, hold, host開會；舉行會議；主辦會議▸➤arrange, organize, plan安排／組織／籌劃會議▸➤attend, go to參加會議▸➤address在會議上講話◇He addressed the annual Republican convention.他在共和黨年會上講了話。CONVENTION + VERB➤take place會議進行CONVENTION + NOUN➤centre/center, hall (NAmE) 會議中心；會議廳➤floor (NAmE) 大會會眾席◇journalists reporting from the convention floor在會議會眾席進行報道的記者➤attendee, chair, chairman, delegate, organizer, speaker與會者；大會主席；會議代表；大會組織者；大會發言人➤city, hotel會議城市／酒店◇Dallas is one of the top convention cities in the United States.達拉斯是美國最頂級的會議城市之一。PREPOSITION➤at a/the convention在會議上◇She was at the Democratic convention.她參加了民主黨代表大會。PHRASES➤delegates to a convention會議的代表們
convention

noun³

 3international agreement國際公約ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONVENTION | CONVENTION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤global, international全球／國際公約▸➤European, UN, etc.歐洲、聯合國等公約▸➤climate, human rights, etc.氣候、人權等公約▸➤draft公約草案VERB + CONVENTION➤adopt, ratify, sign通過／認可／簽署公約◇Over 60 countries have yet to ratify the climate convention.還有超過 60 個國家有待認可這項氣候公約。➤adhere to, comply with遵守公約◇Most countries have adhered to the convention.大多數國家都遵守這項公約。➤breach, violate違反公約◇This practice breaches the arms convention.這一做法違反了武器公約。CONVENTION + VERB➤apply, govern sth公約適用於／規定⋯◇a convention governing the conditions under which mining is permitted規定採礦批准條件的公約➤establish sth公約規定⋯◇The convention established procedures for the transport of toxic waste.這一公約規定了運輸有毒廢物的程序。➤ban sth公約禁止⋯PREPOSITION➤under a/the convention根據公約◇This is forbidden under the Convention on Human Rights.《人權公約》禁止這種行為。➤convention against反對⋯的公約◇the UN convention against torture反對酷刑的聯合國公約➤convention between⋯之間的公約◇the 1869 convention between Turkey and Persia1869 年土耳其和波斯之間的公約➤convention for為⋯的公約◇the Berne Convention for the Conservation of European Wildlife《伯爾尼保護歐洲野生動物公約》➤convention on關於⋯的公約◇the 1951 United Nations Convention on refugees1951 年關於難民的聯合國公約PHRASES➤a breach of a convention對公約的違反
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1947 COCA: 2472
convention noun
⇨ contract (the European Convention on Human Rights) ⇨ meeting 1 (the party's annual convention) ⇨ tradition (social conventions)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1947 COCA: 2472
convention
Moral rules and rules of behaviour: rule, convention, law...
Systems and methods for doing things: modality, method, system...
International agreements: accession, accord, alliance...
Official meetings and conferences: AGM, annual general meeting, appointment...

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