| 单词 | conventional |
| 释义 | conventional (once / 251 pages) 1adj 2adj Conventional is an adjective for things that are normal, ordinary, and following the accepted way. Ho-hum. This word describes what is typical and ordinary and that which follows accepted standards of behavior or taste. This is a word that's current definition is still very similar to its Latin root, conventionalis, which is "pertaining to an agreement." One way this word is used is with respect to conventional weapons, as in those "not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear." WORD FAMILYconventional: conventionalise, conventionalism, conventionality, conventionalize, conventionally, unconventional+/convene: convened, convener, convenes, convening, convention, reconvene/convener: conveners/convention: conventional, conventioneer, conventions/conventionalisation: conventionalisations/conventionalise: conventionalisation, conventionalised, conventionalises, conventionalising/conventionalism: conventionalisms/conventionality: conventionalities/conventionalize: conventionalization, conventionalized, conventionalizing/conventioneer: conventioneers/reconvene: reconvened, reconvenes, reconvening/unconventional: unconventionality, unconventionally/unconventionality: unconventionalities USAGE EXAMPLESThe teams play mostly in conventional gyms set up with temporary barriers. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) It rapidly became the source of conventional left-liberal wisdom on the treaty. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Of course, maybe I just liked it because, as the world’s most conventional person, I enjoy being considered a rebel at anything. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj following accepted customs and proprieties conventional wisdom she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior conventional forms of address Syn|Ant received widely accepted as true or worthy customaryin accordance with convention or custom formulaiccharacterized by or in accordance with some formula stodgy, stuffyexcessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull formalbeing in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) unoriginalnot original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual unconventional not conforming to accepted rules or standards unconventionalnot conventional or conformist bohemianunconventional in especially appearance and behavior go-as-you-pleasenot bound by rule or law or convention irregular, maverick, unorthodoxindependent in behavior or thought alternativepertaining to unconventional choices bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outreconspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual devil-may-care, raffish, rakishmarked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-outinformal terms; strikingly unconventional funkystylish and modern in an unconventional way spaced-out, spacey, spacystupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug originalbeing or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of 2adj conforming with accepted standards a conventional view of the world Syn established orthodox adhering to what is commonly accepted 3adj in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white the conventional handshake Syn traditional consisting of or derived from tradition 4adj rigidly formal or bound by convention Syn ceremonious formal being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) 5adj unimaginative and conformist conventional bourgeois lives conventional attitudes Syn|Ant button-down, buttoned-down, conservative unimaginatively conventional square, straightrigidly conventional or old-fashioned stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginativelacking spontaneity or originality or individuality white-breadof or belonging to or representative of the white middle class unconventional not conventional or conformist alternativepertaining to unconventional choices bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outreconspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual devil-may-care, raffish, rakishmarked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-outinformal terms; strikingly unconventional funkystylish and modern in an unconventional way spaced-out, spacey, spacystupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug 6adj represented in simplified or symbolic form 2Syn formal, schematic nonrepresentational of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature adj (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy conventional warfare conventional weapons Ant atomic, nuclear (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy thermonuclearusing nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission |
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