1. 习俗;惯例;常规
A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
e.g. It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts...
男人不穿裙子只是一种社会习俗。
e.g. Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at 21.
尽管她不想遵循传统习俗，但她还是在21岁的时候就怀孕并且结婚了。
2. convention
2. (艺术、文学、戏剧中的)传统做法，传统风格
In art, literature, or the theatre, a convention is a traditional method or style.
e.g. We go offstage and come back for the convention of the encore.
按照加演的传统做法，我们走到后台后又再次返场。
e.g. ...the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art.
埃及艺术的传统风格
3. (国家或组织间的)公约，协定，协约
A convention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people.
e.g. ...the UN convention on climate change.
联合国有关气候变化的公约
e.g. ...the Geneva convention.
日内瓦公约
4. (组织、政治团体的)大会，大型会议
A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group.
e.g. ...the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists.
职业新闻工作者协会年度大会
e.g. ...the Republican convention.
共和党代表大会
1. This year's game is expected to add $ 150 million to the Indianapolis economy and even more if it boosts tourism and convention business.
2. The meaning of " plant variety " may be defined by a combination of the definition of Seed Law and UPOV Convention 1991 Act.
3. Superdelegates are party leaders who attend the convention delegates by virtue of their positions, and are not selected in primaries and caucuses.
4. convention的意思
4. A very peaceful revolution consisted of calling a constitutional convention which declared that Norway is a free kingdom.
5. The Convention will apply to ships registered with Singapore and also to ships calling at the Port of Singapore.
6. A candidate who has the most number of supporters among elected national convention delegates in Iowa is considered winner of the caucus in the state.
7. The Broadcasting Standards Commission censured the programme, saying it had " breached a convention " and that some complainants had compared it to cannibalism.
8. The North Carolina senator was planning to send a letter to his delegates asking them to vote for Kerry on the first convention ballot.
9. It set up a secretariat and implementation agencies to help signatories effectively carry out conference assessments and convention revisions.
10. CATA organized its first convention in 2002 to provide a platform for China's tattoo artists to exchange ideas among themselves and foreign artists.
noun
1. the act of convening
Synonym: convening
2. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
Synonym: conventionality conventionalism
3. something regarded as a normative example
e.g. the convention of not naming the main character
violence is the rule not the exception
his formula for impressing visitors
Synonym: normal pattern rule formula
4. (diplomacy) an international agreement
5. a large formal assembly
e.g. political convention