conventional

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
    — A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
  2. Ordinary, commonplace.
    — They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
  3. Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
  4. Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
  5. Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
  6. In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.

词形变化

more conventional comparative most conventional superlative conventionals plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English convention
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.

Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.

Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English conventional
From convention + -al.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English convention
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.

Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.

Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English conventional
From convention + -al.
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