convention

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

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

habit, practice, custom, convention

• that proved to be my undoing, for i soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
  这证明是我的失败，因为我不久就回到在电视屏幕前打瞌睡的坏习惯去了。

• on the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat——the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.
  在另一方面，一想到用动物油煎马铃薯，你便会作呕。然而在许多北欧国家里，这是为大家接受的通常习惯。
• she walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open,yet following her general practice she had shut them before going out.
  她慢慢地走进厅堂，并且立刻发现所有的房门都是开着的。但是按照她自己的一般习惯，她在外出前总是把门全部关好的。

• don't be a slave to custom.
  不要做风俗习惯的奴隶。
• from the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behaviour.
  一个人从诞生的那一时刻起，他降生后所处的风俗习惯便给他的阅历和行为定型。

• they disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.
  他们不顾社会习俗，并未意识到自己在做些与众不同的事。

名词 convention:

1. a large formal assembly
2. something regarded as a normative example
   同义词：normal, pattern, rule, formula
3. (diplomacy) an international agreement
4. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
   同义词：conventionality, conventionalism
5. the act of convening
   同义词：convening

1. We are scornful of the forces of convention.
   我们藐视习惯势力。
2. She redeemed her reputation with a powerful speech to the party convention.
   她由于向党代表大会做了有力的演说而挽回了自己的声誉。
3. 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。
4. The convention looms as political battle.
   这场大会将是一场政治角斗。

con.ven.tion

n.Abbr. conv.（名词）缩写 conv.

A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.
会议：某一政党、兄弟会、行业或工业的成员，代表或代表团员出席的正式会议
The body of persons attending such an assembly:
全体与会者：参加这种集会的全体人员：
例句：
called the convention to order.
宣布开会

An agreement between states, sides, or military forces, especially an international agreement dealing with a specific subject, such as the treatment of prisoners of war.
国际公约：国家、派别或军事力量之间的契约，尤指关于某一特定问题的国际公约，如战俘待遇
General agreement on or acceptance of certain practices or attitudes:
惯例，习俗：对某种惯常做法或态度的一致同意或接受认可：
例句：
By convention, north is at the top of most maps.
依照惯例，北方位于大多数地图的顶端

A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:
规矩，习俗：一个团体中普遍遵循的惯常做法或程序，尤指有助于社会交往的；风俗：
例句：
the convention of shaking hands.
握手的习俗

A widely used and accepted device or technique, as in drama, literature, or painting:
传统手法：被广泛使用并接受的手法或技巧，如在戏剧、文学或绘画中：
例句：
the theatrical convention of the aside.
戏剧中旁白的老套

来源：
Middle English convencioun
中古英语 convencioun
from Latin conventiô conventiôn- [meeting]
源自 拉丁语 conventiô conventiôn- [会议]
from conventus [past participle of] convenore [to assemble] * see convene
源自 conventus [] convenore的过去分词 [集合] *参见 convene