Convention
[ kən'vɛnʃən ]
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n. 会议;全体与会者;国际公约;惯例，习俗，规矩;
💡 词根助记
con大家+vent来+ion表名词→大家来到→起→集会
📝 例句
break the shackles of convention
打破习俗的桎梏[束缚]
The mayor will keynote the convention.
市长将在大会上作主旨发言。
The convention business is very profitable for the hotel industry.
承办会议业务能给旅馆业带来很高的利润。
The Republican national convention was held in Houston.
共和党全国代表大会在休斯顿举行。
The convention bans the stockpiling of biological weapons.
该公约禁止储存生物武器。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“肯纹身”:海南苗族女子肯纹身是种传统习惯
※ convention-大会,invention-发明、创造:大会上表彰了一批发明创造者
※ con-前缀“共同”,vent-词根“来”,ion-名缀:共同来到一起开政治大会
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-ced-表示“走”
常见变体有-ceed-
📖 牛津释义
convention
n
1 [C] conference of members of a profession, political party, etc （某一职业、 政党等之人士召开的）大会
a teachers', dentists', etc convention 教师的、 牙科医生的会议
hold a convention 召开大会
the US Democratic Party Convention, ie to elect a candidate for President 美国民主党代表大会（会上选出总统候选人）.
2
(a) [U] general, usu unspoken, agreement about how people should act or behave in certain circumstances （某种情况下的）习俗, 惯例
Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation. 依照常规大臣在这种情况下应该辞职.
By convention the deputy leader is always a woman. 按照惯例这一领导人的副职总是由女子担任.
defy convention by wearing outrageous clothes 穿著奇装异服以对抗习俗
a slave to convention, ie sb who always follows accepted ways of doing things 传统的奴隶（墨守成规的人）.
(b) [C] customary practice 惯常作法; 惯例
the conventions which govern stock-market dealing 证券交易所遵循的惯例.
3 [C] agreement between states, rulers, etc that is less formal than a treaty （国家、 首脑等之间的）协议, 协定
the Geneva Convention, ie about the treatment of prisoners of war, etc （关於战俘待遇等问题的）日内瓦协定.
🎯 考研助记
“肯纹身”（谐音）是 风俗习惯,也是开 例会 con(一起)+vent(to去)+ion:一起去开会- 大会 网友：yqy conventional 补充：风俗习惯(convention)可以通过人们一起(con)做事的窗口(vent：口)看到；con共同, vent走: 共同走的路－－惯例
🔁 扩展释义
*[kәn'venʃәn]n. 大会, 协定, 惯例, 约定【计】 约定【化】 常规; 惯例
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Tang Lin, I want to introduce my friend Jane.
唐林，我想向你介绍我的朋友珍妮。
Mathilde! I didn't know. I'm sorry. But what happened?
玛蒂尔德！我还不知道这些情况哩。我真难过。但是，这是怎么回事呢？
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.
玛蒂尔德，我亲爱的朋友。让我告诉你吧。你向我借的那条项链并不是一条真的钻石项链。那条项链根本不值钱。项链中的宝石是玻璃做的。它最多值500法郎。