conventions
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英语六级真题
texting is actually a new kind of talking, with its own kind of grammar and conventions.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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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.
例句
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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(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.
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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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(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.
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...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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(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.
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...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