convention

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kənˈvɛn.ʃən/|/ˌkɒnˈvɛn.ʃən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A meeting or gathering. countable,uncountable
    — The convention was held in Geneva.
  2. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates. countable,uncountable
    — The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.
  3. The convening of a formal meeting. countable,uncountable
  4. A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact. countable,uncountable
  5. A treaty or supplement to such. countable,uncountable
    — The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.
  6. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom. countable,uncountable
    — Table seatings are generally determined by tacit convention, not binding formal protocol.

词形变化

conventions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
brokered convention concom congoing conreport conventional conventionalize conventionary convention bump convention centre convention center conventioneer conventioneering conventioner convention-goer conventiongoer conventionism conventionist convention state counterconvention day count convention miniconvention naming convention national convention nonconvention open convention postconvention preconvention proconvention reconvention stfcon teleconvention
相关词
convene convener convenient convent conventicle coven covin

词源

Recorded since about 1440, borrowed from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”). Equivalent to convene + -tion.
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