| 单词 | convention |
| 释义 | convention /kan'venjn; kan'venfan/ n 1 [C] conference of members of a society, political party, etc devoted to a particular purpose (eg election of candidates); conference of persons in business, commerce, etc: (社团、政党等色某一特殊目的，如选举候选人，所召开的)大会; (商业界等人士所开的)会议; 年会： the Democratic Party C~. 民主党大会。 Cf 参较 conference in GB. 2 [C] agreement between States, rulers, etc (less formal than a treaty): (国家、君王等之间的)协约; 协定(不及条约正式)： the Geneva C~s, about the treatment of prisoners of war, etc. (M 于战俘之待遇等的)日内瓦协定。 3 [U] general (usu tacit) consent (esp about forms of behaviour); [C] practice or custom based on general consent: 公认的标准(通常指大众所默认者，尤指关于行为者); 惯例; 常规; 习俗： When men wore hats, ~ required them to raise them when they met a woman they knew. 当男人戴着帽时，社会的习俗要求他们在遇到他们所认识的女子时要举帽示礼。 It'is silly to be a slave to ~ /to. social ~s. 做传统习俗(社会习俗)的奴隶是不智的。 4 [C] (in various card and board games, esp bridge) practice that is generally followed in bidding, leading cards, making an opening move in chess, etc. (在各种牌戏及下棋，尤指桥牌中，叫牌、出牌、下第一步棋等的)一般常规。 |
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