◆记忆方法一: 词根词缀记忆法:convention n 集会;惯例(con大家+vent+ion→大家来到→起→集会),uen,uent=come,表示“来” ◆记忆方法二: convention (考频:4) 【记】词根记忆:[con-(=together, with)+vent+-ion;走到一起来;随……而来] n.①大会,会议 ②协定,公约:to sign a convention of peace with a neighbouring country与邻国签署一项和平协定 ③惯例,常规,习俗:Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation.依照常规,大臣在这种情况下应该辞职。 【辨】bargain, contract, treaty, convention (1) bargain特指买卖协定; (2) contract指正规的书面(经济)合同; (3) treaty指国与国之间通过谈判达成的条约; (4) convention指多国间的公约,比treaty更具体,但不如treaty正规。 【派】conventional a.传统的,惯例的,常规的
※Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barry more would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. John Barry more, American actor, J. 死?我想说不,亲爱的伙计。巴瑞摹尔决不会允许这类传统的事情发生在他的身上。美国男演员 巴瑞摹尔 J ※The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them , since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.Mark Twain, American writer自然法即神灵法,只是用来约束每一个个体的法律,我们必须坚定地拒绝遵守。我们应该坚定地遵守忽视神灵法的规章制度,因为规章制度赋予我们和平、比较好的政府和稳定,因而对我们来说,规章制度比神灵法更好,因为如果我们采用神灵法的话,他会将我们陷入迷惑、无序和无政府状态。美国作家 马克·吐温A