convention

（政治、宗教、政党等的）会议， 大会； 全国性大会； 召集， 集会

协定， 公约

常规， 习俗， 惯例

［集合词］（出席的）代表们

（打桥牌等时）叫牌的一套常规

the Geneva Conventions

sign a convention

social conventions

a matter of convention

break away from convention

by convention

convention

条约；协议；契约

conclude a military convention

习俗；习惯

Convention now allows women to smoke in public.

It is the convention for men to wear suits on formal occasions.

会议；集会；代表会议

a teachers' convention

convention

大会, 协定, 习俗, 惯例

convention

a large formal assembly of a group with common interests, such as a political party or trade union.the persons attending such an assembly

an assembly of delegates of one party to select candidates for office

an international agreement second only to a treaty in formality

a telecommunications convention

any agreement, compact, or contract

the most widely accepted or established view of what is thought to be proper behaviour, good taste, etc

an accepted rule, usage, etc

a convention used by printers

Also called: conventional a bid or play not to be taken at its face value, which one's partner can interpret according to a prearranged bidding system

convention

1. a large formal assembly; "political convention"

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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"

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3. (diplomacy) an international agreement

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4. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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5. the act of convening

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