convention
英 [kən'venʃ(ə)n]
美 [kən'vɛnʃən]
- n. 大会；[法] 惯例；[计] 约定；[法] 协定；习俗
助记提示
1. con ‐肯纹身的人是风俗习惯.
2. 共同走到一起来.
3. 谐音“肯纹身”：海南苗族女子肯纹身是因为传统习惯。
中文词源
convention 会议来自convene, 会议召集。
英文词源
- convention (n.)
- early 15c., "agreement," from Middle French convention and directly from Latin conventionem (nominative conventio) "meeting, assembly, covenant," noun of action from past participle stem of convenire (see convene).
双语例句
- 1. The action is an open violation of the Vienna Convention.
- 该行为公然违背了《维也纳公约》。
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- 2. Houston was chosen as the site for the convention.
- 休斯敦被选作大会的会址。
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- 3. All new fashion starts out as a reaction against existing convention.
- 所有新时尚都是从打破现有常规开始的。
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- 4. The film was shown to gasps of rapture at the Democratic Convention.
- 在民主党大会上放映的电影使人们十分欣喜。
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- 5. After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution.
- 战后，为制定宪法组织了一次会议。
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