音标：[kәn'venʃәn]
n. 大会, 协定, 惯例, 约定
【计】 约定
【化】 常规; 惯例
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convention的短语、例句：
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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.
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