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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If we buy the smaller one, the IBM PC386, we might have to change it in a few years' time for a bigger one.
如果我们买一台较小的IBM386的话，过几年可能就得换一台较大的机子。
In that case, you wouldn't have a pan on fire. You'd have a house on fire!
如果是那样的话，你就不仅仅是使一个油锅起火，而是把整座房子点着了。
Can I ask you what it's about?
请问你有什么事儿？