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Word forms: plural conventions

1 N-VAR 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. 习俗;惯例;常规

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。

SYN custom, practice, tradition, code

2 N-COUNT (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. (艺术、文学、戏剧中的)传统做法，传统风格

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. [+ of]

埃及艺术的传统风格

3 N-COUNT [oft n NOUN] (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. (国家或组织间的)公约，协定，协约

4 N-COUNT (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. (组织、政治团体的)大会，大型会议

...the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists. [+ of]

职业新闻工作者协会年度大会
...the Republican convention.

共和党代表大会

SYN assembly, meeting, council, conference

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