convention
n. 習俗,慣例; 公約; 大會; (藝術等)傳統風格
A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts...
男人不穿裙子只是一種社會習俗。
Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at 21.
儘管她不想遵循傳統習俗,但她還是在21歲的時候就懷孕並且結婚了。
In art, literature, or the theatre, a convention is a traditional method or style.
We go offstage and come back for the convention of the encore.
按照加演的傳統做法,我們走到後臺後又再次返場。
...the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art.
埃及藝術的傳統風格
A convention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people.
...the UN convention on climate change.
聯合國有關氣候變化的公約
...the Geneva convention.
日內瓦公約
A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group.
...the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists.
職業新聞工作者協會年度大會
...the Republican convention.
共和黨代表大會
1. a large formal assembly;
2. something regarded as a normative example;
3. (diplomacy) an international agreement
4. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
5. the act of convening
agreement, contract, treaty, convention, bargain, understanding, accord
這些名詞均含"協定,協議,契約,合同"之意。
conference, congress, assembly, meeting, rally, council, session, convention, gathering
這些名詞均含有"會,會議"之意。
habit, custom, manners, usage, practice, convention, tradition
這些名詞均含有"習慣,風俗,傳統"之意。
social convention
社會習俗
He was delegated to the convention.
他被委派為代表參加會議.
Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighbouring country.
日本已與鄰國簽署一項和平協定.
It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
對一個詞的理解是按字面意思還是隱喻的意思要視乎上下文和習慣.
HKBU ( Hong Kong Baptist University ) was founded by the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong in 1956 as the Hong Kong Baptist College.
香港浸會大學前身為香港浸會學院,在一九五六年由香港浸信會聯會創立.
The Convention of Peking in 1860 , which ended the hostilities, provided for its outright cession.
一八六零年, 戰爭結束, 訂立《北京條約》,九龍半島正式割讓予英國.
n. 公約,協定
compactbargainarrangementagreementententetreatydealcovenantcontractpactunderstandingconcordat
n. 集會,會議
gatheringconclaveassemblageconferencepowwowcaucuscongregationconvocationsynodassemblymeetingparleycouncilcongress
lawcustomcodeorthodoxyhabitpracticeconventionalityproprietytraditionprotocoletiquette
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