on the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat——the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. 在另一方面,一想到用动物油煎马铃薯,你便会作呕。然而在许多北欧国家里,这是为大家接受的通常习惯。
she walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open,yet following her general practice she had shut them before going out. 她慢慢地走进厅堂,并且立刻发现所有的房门都是开着的。但是按照她自己的一般习惯,她在外出前总是把门全部关好的。
custom: 具有 habit 和 practice 的一切含义,此外,custom 还包含这样一层意思:长期而广泛采用的行为或方法,即风俗习惯,按照某地区人们共同生活及其行为的准则或规范,它不仅有指导意义,而且具有必须遵循的意义。
don't be a slave to custom. 不要做风俗习惯的奴隶。
from the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behaviour. 一个人从诞生的那一时刻起,他降生后所处的风俗习惯便给他的阅历和行为定型。
they disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. 他们不顾社会习俗,并未意识到自己在做些与众不同的事。
英语解释
名词 convention:
a large formal assembly
something regarded as a normative example同义词:normal, pattern, rule, formula
(diplomacy) an international agreement
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional同义词:conventionality, conventionalism
the act of convening同义词:convening
例句
We are scornful of the forces of convention.我们藐视习惯势力。
She redeemed her reputation with a powerful speech to the party convention.她由于向党代表大会做了有力的演说而挽回了自己的声誉。
Convention requires that such meetings open with prayer.惯例上要求这样的集会应当以祈祷开始。
The convention looms as political battle.这场大会将是一场政治角斗。
详细解释
con.ven.tion n.Abbr. conv.(名词)缩写 conv. A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.会议:某一政党、兄弟会、行业或工业的成员,代表或代表团员出席的正式会议The body of persons attending such an assembly:全体与会者:参加这种集会的全体人员:例句:called the convention to order.宣布开会 An agreement between states, sides, or military forces, especially an international agreement dealing with a specific subject, such as the treatment of prisoners of war.国际公约:国家、派别或军事力量之间的契约,尤指关于某一特定问题的国际公约,如战俘待遇General agreement on or acceptance of certain practices or attitudes:惯例,习俗:对某种惯常做法或态度的一致同意或接受认可:例句:By convention, north is at the top of most maps.依照惯例,北方位于大多数地图的顶端 A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:规矩,习俗:一个团体中普遍遵循的惯常做法或程序,尤指有助于社会交往的;风俗:例句:the convention of shaking hands.握手的习俗 A widely used and accepted device or technique, as in drama, literature, or painting:传统手法:被广泛使用并接受的手法或技巧,如在戏剧、文学或绘画中:例句:the theatrical convention of the aside.戏剧中旁白的老套 来源:Middle English convencioun 中古英语 convencioun from Latin conventiô conventiôn- [meeting] 源自 拉丁语 conventiô conventiôn- [会议] from conventus [past participle of] convenore [to assemble] * see convene 源自 conventus [] convenore的过去分词 [集合] *参见 convene