| 单词 | convention |
| 释义 | convention (kənvenʃən ) Word forms: conventions 1. variable noun A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society. It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts. Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at 21. Synonyms: custom, practice, tradition, code 2. countable noun In art, literature, or the theatre, a convention is a traditional method or style. We go offstage and come back for the convention of the encore. ...the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art. [+ of] 3. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] A convention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people. ...the U.N. convention on climate change. [+ on] ...the Geneva Convention. 4. countable noun A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group. ...the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists. [+ of] ...the Republican convention. Synonyms: assembly, meeting, council, conference Collocations: challenge a convention Surely the reader wanted an accumulation of interest, building to a climax that would challenge the convention of daily reporting. Times, Sunday Times They too sought to challenge the convention of recasting recent events in antique dress by portraying their subjects in the military uniforms of the day. The Times Literary Supplement He aimed with these shows to challenge the convention of painting being a slow process in the studio, and by working under extreme pressure to produce original paintings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This not only challenges the convention of having the large plants at the back but, by looking through the branches, visually adds depth of field to the borders. Times, Sunday Times The production of numerous copies of the same book, and their release onto the market at the same time, challenged the conventions of a trade that had known only manuscripts. The Times Literary Supplement He collected information about each convention delegate and alternate delegate, and communicated frequently with each delegate's liaisons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He later served as mayor, state representative and national convention delegate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet when those placard-waving convention delegates appear on our screens, we should ask when we last saw that sort of enthusiasm for politics here. Times, Sunday Times Convention delegates were instantly won over by the facilities. Times, Sunday Times To get the nomination, a candidate must win the support of 50 per cent plus one of the 4,049 convention delegates. Times, Sunday Times Convention dictates that shares are offered at a discount, so the proceeds are expected to come in slightly lower. Times, Sunday Times However, convention dictates that the monarch avoids raising money on behalf of individual organisations. Times, Sunday Times Convention dictates that we bring down the curtain before we get there. Times, Sunday Times Convention dictates that the more matches a club play, the more that their manager must whinge about fatigue, injuries and the evils of the fixture list. Times, Sunday Times Convention dictates that two married people stay together, and initial love can quickly turn into hatred. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Walking around the convention floor, there are endless queues for everything from nachos to the gift store. Times, Sunday Times In these cases, the arcane process by which parties select candidates reaches its most befuddling heights in the messy voting procedure on the convention floor. Times, Sunday Times If no candidate achieves a simple majority of 1,237 delegates, the nominee will be decided via ballots on the convention floor. Times, Sunday Times This made the set seem bathed in red, like the convention floor itself. Globe and Mail The election was done in a traditional leadership convention format, in which delegates on the convention floor chose the leader. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The convention hall shook as delegates cheered the 'audacity of hope'. Times, Sunday Times Certainly text was perfectly legible under the bright lighting of the convention hall. Times, Sunday Times It was a pep talk with so much energy that it was practically sprinting around the convention hall. Times, Sunday Times Most look as if they have come to the airport straight from some large convention hall, or as if they are headed directly to a high-rise penthouse conference suite. Times, Sunday Times It can also serve as a convention hall or large dining area when in this configuration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Or, alternatively, you could go down the large city centre convention hotel business route. Times, Sunday Times As planned, it will eventually connect to a new convention hotel and the existing convention center. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Current plans call for a 600 room convention hotel, and a high rise apartment complex. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the city only received two proposals from property developers for a convention hotel at the site. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To be an effective convention hotel, the building required an extra 40000sqft m2 for a ballroom and meeting spaces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The effortless grace of that spellbinding 2004 convention speech seemed from another era. Times, Sunday Times During his convention speech, fiscal conservatives balked at his promises to spend on the military and infrastructure while cutting taxes. Times, Sunday Times His convention speech, which went over the allotted 20 minutes, asked for a change to be the party's spark plug. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After a life in the fast lane, some brave gravers defy convention in other ways. Times, Sunday Times There's something about entrepreneurs which makes them buck against rules and defy convention. Times, Sunday Times So hit your local equivalent, the indie joint that dares to do things that deliciously defy convention. Times, Sunday Times Wearing national costume in such contexts can proclaim national pride, or just extremely high status which allows the wearer to defy convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was not afraid to defy convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Should we not establish a convention that knighthoods are not given at least until the recipient's career has successfully ended? Times, Sunday Times E-mails are so recent that we are still establishing their conventions. Times, Sunday Times Conventions established decades ago between governments and their favoured contractors are being torn up. Times, Sunday Times We rely on convention established by a small and elite group of scientists within disciplinary boundaries. The Scientist The 1953 convention established precedents which proved useful in the future. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even the trench-bound soldiers writing home, scribbling in muddy diaries, followed an established convention. Times, Sunday Times The subject, composition and the colours of the work are in complete break with the established convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tamer forms of theatre followed and the avant-garde idea of having an active spectator became a firmly established convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ignoring or subverting the established conventions of image-making was part and parcel of the existentialism of his art. Times, Sunday Times Under the established conventions a swapped spy was out of the game, safe to defect and disappear. Times, Sunday Times She addresses these themes with an infectious, otherworldly hilarity, assembling an eccentric cast of characters who triumphantly flout convention. The Times Literary Supplement But the best rule-breakers are the ones who flout convention because they are smart enough not to need rules - not because they are incapable of understanding complicated issues. The Sun In fact his sculptures flout convention in their lightness of feel, their transparency and their escape from the conventions of earthbound pedestal-based display. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Red sock on left foot, green on right, may be flouting convention a bit far. Times, Sunday Times People who have biopics made about them are really complex, often flouting convention to do something extreme. Times, Sunday Times For all their entertainment value, the recourse these dystopian fictions take to genre convention make them a good deal less strange, or chilling, than present realities. The Times Literary Supplement The film delights in wrong-footing the viewer, switching tone and undercutting genre conventions at every turn. Times,Sunday Times That's a place for films that rewrite genre conventions, rather than slavishly tick them off. Times, Sunday Times His films were always literate, but they also showed a deep understanding of film genre conventions - and how to subvert them. Times, Sunday Times It becomes all the more compelling in moments when it breaks out of genre conventions. Times, Sunday Times Imagine in an ordinary year trying to book a hotel for 800 or 900 people only three weeks before you were going to hold a convention. Globe and Mail This change was due to the large increase in attendance, and the availability of funds to hold the convention in a larger venue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1857, the people of the territory passed a resolution to hold a convention to draft a constitution in order to achieve statehood. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Every two years, the fraternity holds a convention where national officers are elected and collegiate and alumni members can network. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are protected creatures under international convention. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The possibility of building an international convention centre in the heart of the capital has also been resurrected. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He will ask the British government to ratify an international convention guaranteeing tribal ownership. Times, Sunday Times (2007) As a result, the government ratified an international convention, prohibiting the dumping of rubbish from ships at sea. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Rather than seeing literary convention as inhibiting, he exalts it, letting any quotidian gesture share its symbolic power by being recorded. The Times Literary Supplement The action, moreover, had to be played out by particular people in particular circumstances, and not by general human types against a background determined by literary convention. The Times Literary Supplement Following literary convention, he claims that his early ancestors were of a ruling house that adopted the name of their dynasty as a family name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Allowing for second-hand tradition, memories telescoped over time and interest in significant individuals, besides different author purposes, literary conventions and reader cultures, surely four identical records would look rather suspicious. Times, Sunday Times For spoken language to retain its immediacy on the page, literary conventions must be made transparent. The Times Literary Supplement As of 2014, the convention has been ratified by 31 states, while another 16 states have signed but not yet ratified the convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After ratifying the convention, a country will be legally obliged to ensure compliance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many states, they point out, have neither signed nor ratified this convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As of 2013, 122 states have ratified the convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Twenty states immediately ratified the convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was almost no need at all to sign that convention last week: nearly all the crimes it deals with are already serious offences in this country. Times, Sunday Times The treaty was closed for signature on the preceding day, and states that did not sign the convention can now only accede to it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another 34 countries have signed the convention but not yet ratified it. Times, Sunday Times Five more states have signed the convention, but not yet ratified it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Article 3 obligated governments to allow free movement for in its waterways to vessels of any state whose government signed the convention. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The "I" represents innovation; the "me" social convention and conformity. Sociology (1995) In general, social interaction requires careful conformity to social convention. Sociology (1995) He suffers no fools gladly, but pursues interesting people at any hour of day or night, for he has utter disdain for social convention. Earthly Powers: Religion and Politics in Europe from the Enlightenment to the Great War (2005) I refuse to be stymied by social convention. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Translations: Chinese: 习俗 Japanese: 慣習 |
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