n.(名词)

1. [C](某一职业、政党等的人士召开的)大会 conference of members of a profession, political party, etc.
2. [C][U]习俗,惯例 general, usually unspoken, agreement about how people should act or behave in certain circumstances
3. [C]协议,协定 agreement between states, rulers, etc. that is less formal than a treaty

Noun:

1. a large formal assembly;

   "political convention"
   

2. something regarded as a normative example;

   "the convention of not naming the main character"
   "violence is the rule not the exception"
   "his formula for impressing visitors"
   

3. (diplomacy) an international agreement

4. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

5. the act of convening

1.习俗;惯例;常规
Aconvention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.

e.g. It's just a socialconvention that men don't wear skirts...
男人不穿裙子只是一种社会习俗。
e.g. Despite her wish to defyconvention, 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。

2.(艺术、文学、戏剧中的)传统做法，传统风格
In art, literature, or the theatre, aconvention is a traditional method or style.

convention的解释

e.g. We go offstage and come back for theconvention of the encore.
按照加演的传统做法，我们走到后台后又再次返场。
e.g. ...the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art.
埃及艺术的传统风格

3.(国家或组织间的)公约，协定，协约
Aconvention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people.

convention的反义词

e.g. ...the UNconvention on climate change.
联合国有关气候变化的公约
e.g. ...the Genevaconvention.
日内瓦公约

4.(组织、政治团体的)大会，大型会议
Aconvention is a large meeting of an organization or political group.

e.g. ...the annualconvention of the Society of Professional Journalists.
职业新闻工作者协会年度大会
e.g. ...the Republicanconvention.
共和党代表大会

1. At the recent convention a declaration was adopted.
   在最近举行的大会上通过了一项宣言。
2. It is the convention for women to wear this type of skirt.
   妇女们习惯穿这种式样的裙子。
3. convention dictates that he should resign in such a situation.
   依照常规，他在这种情况下应该辞职。
4. Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighboring country.
   日本已与邻国签署了一项和平协定。

• There was a convention of dentists in the city.

  出自：T. Dreiser

The convention looms as political battle.

这场大会将是一场政治角斗。

Delegates will be picked at a convention.

代表将在大会上选出。

This convention results in no ambiguity.

这个协定不会导致误解。

The countries all agreed to sign the convention.

各国都同意签署这项协定。

The handshake is a social convention.

握手是社交惯例。

convention requires that such meetings open with prayer.

惯例上要求这样的集会应当以祈祷开始。

Property Management convention agreed receivers?

物业管理公约约定啥？

We follow Geneva convention procedures.

我们遵守日内瓦公约规定的程序。

the conventions of Greek tragedy

希腊悲剧的传统手法

social conventions

社会习俗

By convention the deputy leader was always a woman.

按惯例，这一领导职务的副职总是由女性担任。

She is a young woman who enjoys flouting conventions.

她是一位喜欢无视传统习俗的年轻女子。

to hold a convention

召开大会

the Democratic Party convention (= to elect a candidate for president)

民主党代表大会（选出总统候选人）

the Geneva convention

日内瓦公约

the United Nations convention on the rights of the child

联合国儿童权利公约

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。

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.

埃及艺术的传统风格

...the UN convention on climate change.

联合国有关气候变化的公约

...the Geneva convention.

日内瓦公约

...the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists.

职业新闻工作者协会年度大会

...the Republican convention.

共和党代表大会

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。

Money on loan generally at a fixed rate of interest, is called debentures notes or bonds.

定期债券,通常有一个固定的利息, 常称为债券、期票或公债.

He was delegated to the convention.

他被委派为代表参加会议.

Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighbouring country.

日本已与邻国签署一项和平协定.

It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.

对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯.

HKBU ( Hong Kong Baptist University ) was founded by the Baptist convention of Hong Kong in 1956 as the Hong Kong Baptist College.

香港浸会大学前身为香港浸会学院,在一九五六年由香港浸信会联会创立.

The convention of Peking in 1860 , which ended the hostilities, provided for its outright cession.

一八六零年, 战争结束, 订立《北京条约》,九龙半岛正式割让予英国.

They met at an annual convention in New York.

他们在纽约年会上会面.

convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation.

依照常规部长在这种情况下应该辞职.

Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighboring country.

日本已与邻国签署了一项和平协定.

By convention the deputy leader was always a woman.

按惯例，这一领导职务的副职总是由女性担任。

The action is an open violation of the Vienna convention.

该行为公然违背了《维也纳公约》。

n.(名词)

convention, assembly, congress, council, meeting

这组词都有“会议”“集会”的意思。

1.meeting是普通用词,可指两人或两人以上的各种情况的集会、会议; council常指在国际上由各国代表参加的政治会议,或常设的政治机构; congress使用面比council窄,在国际上指各种专业人员代表大会,或为解决某事项专门召开的各国代表会议,在国内则多指经选举产生的立法机构,或专业人员代表大会; convention指正式派代表出席的政治、宗教、政党等的大会,用以通过协议或选举领导人等。

2.council的成员是固定的,规模不大,是非群众性的; 而congress的规模总是较大,有一定的代表性、群众性。

convention, custom, tradition

这组词都可表示“惯例,传统”。tradition强调历史上的意义,因长久奉行而几乎具有法律效力的习惯方式; convention主要指公认的社会规则和得体的礼仪; custom指某社会或民族的惯常行为规范。

agreement，contract，treaty，convention，bargain，understanding，accord

这些名词均含“协定，协议，契约，合同”之意。

agreement普通用词，含义最确定，泛指个人、团体或国家之间取得一致而达成的任何协议、协定或合同、契约等，可以是口头的，也可以是书面的。

contract侧重指双方或多方订立的具有法律效力的正式的书面合同或契约。

treaty指国家之间经外交谈判后依照国际法签订的正式条约。

convention比treaty更专门化，但不及treaty正式。也可指国家之间就有关事情签订的条约。

bargain通常指商业交往中的购销合同。

understanding指不具约束力的非正式的协议。

accord多指国际间的非正式协议。

conference，congress，assembly，meeting，rally，council，session，convention，gathering

这些名词均含有“会，会议”之意。

conference正式用词，一般指大型会议，如政府工作会议、国际学术交流会议、各国之间的协商、会谈等。

congress指国会、议会、代表大会等机构，尤指经选举产生的国家立法机构的大会或由这些机构召开的大会，也可指专业人员代表大会。

assembly多指一个通常有许多人参加、计划好的，为某一特殊目的而召集的会议。

meeting普通用词，词义广泛。指一般性的会议，可用于任何场合。

rally指大规模的群众性政治集会。

council在国际上多指由各国代表参加的政治会议，或常设的政治机构。在国内、地方上，此词多指常设的政务领导机构，如市政委员会等。

session一般指议会等召开的正式会议。

convention侧重指某一政党或团体为某一特殊目的而召开的会议；也可指学术团体的年会。

gathering指两人以上的聚会或集会，强调非正式性。

habit，practice，custom，convention

这组名词一般含义为“习惯”。

habit指个人的“习惯”，通常用于表示做事、思考问题或行为举止的不自觉的方式方法。

practice既可表示个人的也可表示社会的“习惯”，这种“习惯”从性质上看是一种反复不断的或是有选择性的行为或者方法。

custom具有 habit 和 practice 的一切含义，此外，custom 还包含这样一层意思：长期而广泛采用的行为或方法，即风俗习惯，按照某地区人们共同生活及其行为的准则或规范，它不仅有指导意义，而且具有必须遵循的意义。

convention其实是其他3个词的近义词，它的含义为：固定的或公众一致承认的行事或表达思想的方法。