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convention noun 1way sth is done 惯例ADJECTIVE | ... OF CONVENTIONS | VERB + CONVENTION | CONVENTION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEaccepted, established, long-standing, old, traditional, well-established 公认的惯例;确定的惯例;长期存在的习俗;古老的习惯;传统习俗◆It's an established convention that the part is played by a woman.由女性扮演这个角色已成惯例。normal, standard, usual 正常惯例;标准惯例;通常准则polite (especially BrE) 礼貌习俗◆Her work refuses any concession to polite conventions of 'good taste'.她的作品拒绝迎合“高品位”的礼貌习俗。arbitrary 专制传统rigid, strict 僵化的/严格的习俗cultural, legal, social 文化惯例;法律惯例;社会习俗◆the rigid social conventions of Victorian Britain英国维多利亚时期僵化的社会习俗artistic, cinematic, comic, dramatic, journalistic, literary, narrative, operatic, poetic 艺术的/电影的/喜剧的/戏剧的/新闻的/文学的/叙述的/歌剧的/诗歌的传统手法◆The novel refuses to conform to the narrative conventions of 19th-century realism.这部小说拒绝沿用 19 世纪现实主义的叙述套路。orthographic, rhetorical, spelling 拼写惯例;修辞的习惯用法... OF CONVENTIONSset 一套惯例VERB + CONVENTIONadhere to, conform to, follow, keep to, observe 坚持惯例;符合惯例;遵守习俗◆They followed the Greek convention of pinning gifts of money to the bride's dress.他们遵循希腊习俗,把钱作为礼物别在新娘的礼服上。break, break with, buck, challenge, defy, flout, subvert 打破惯例;置惯例于不顾;挑战惯例;蔑视习俗;无视习惯做法;颠覆传统做法◆She knew that she had broken an important social convention.她知道自己违反了一个重要的社会习俗。◆He challenged the conventions of painting.他挑战绘画的传统手法。◆No young politician can afford to flout convention in this way.没有哪个年轻的从政者敢于以这样的方式无视传统。CONVENTION + VERBdemand sth, dictate sth 习俗要求⋯;惯例规定⋯◆Convention dictated that dangerous physical action is the part of heroes, not heroines.惯例要求男主角做危险的身体动作,而不是女主角。PREPOSITIONaccording to convention, by convention 根据惯例◆By convention, planets are named after Roman gods.根据惯例,行星是以罗马神话中诸神的名字命名的。PHRASESa break with convention 打破习俗◆In a surprising break with convention, she wore a red wedding dress.她打破习俗,出人意料地穿了一件红色婚纱。a matter of convention 惯例问题 |