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- conventional [kən 'vεnʃənl] [kən 'venʃənl]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- conventional [kən'vεnʃənəl]
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1.
adj
following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality
- conventional habits
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2.
adj
established by accepted usage or general agreement
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3.
adj
of or relating to a convention or assembly
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4.
adj
[law]
based upon the agreement or consent of parties
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5.
adj
[arts]
represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized
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6.
adj
(of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear
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7.
n
another word for convention
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1.
adj
following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality
Examples
- conventional behavior
- 老一套的行为 → conventional
- conventional weapons
- 常规武器 → conventional
- Conventional wisdom states that humans only use ten percent of their brains.
- 传统观点认为人类只运用了大脑能力的10%。 → brain
- A dirty bomb kills or injures through the initial blast of the conventional explosive and by airborne radiation and contamination.
- 核弹先是通过普通炸药的爆炸，然后是航空辐射和污染来造成伤亡。 → dirty
- conventional habits → conventional
- a phase-out of conventional forces → phase out
- 旧的传统观念
- outdated conventional ideas → 旧
- 俗套子
- a conventional pattern → 套子
- 如果发生一场常规战争, 这两个国家中哪个能取胜呢？
- If a conventional war broke out, which one of the two countries would win? → 常规战争
- 他这篇短评清新而不落常套。
- This notice of his is fresh, yet still conventional. → 常套
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