单词 | conventional |
释义 | conventional —conventionalist, n. —conventionally, adv. /keuhn ven"sheuh nl/, adj. 1. conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior. 2. pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined: conventional symbols. 3. ordinary rather than different or original: conventional phraseology. 4. not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear: conventional warfare. 5. Art. a. in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition. b. (of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner. 6. of or pertaining to a convention, agreement, or compact. 7. Law. resting on consent, express or implied. 8. of or pertaining to a convention or assembly. [1575-85; < LL conventionalis. See CONVENTION, -AL1] Syn. 1. See formal1. 2. usual, habitual, customary. |
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