conventional
/kənˈvenʃənəl/adjective
1- based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed传统的, 习惯的:
a conventional morality had dictated behaviour.
传统道德规定了行为方式。
1.1
- (of a person) concerned with what is generally held to be acceptable at the expense of individuality and sincerity因循守旧的, 墨守成规的。
1.2
- (of a work of art or literature) following traditional forms and genres rather than drawn directly from nature(艺术或文学作品)流于俗套的; 不自然的:
conventional love poetry.
老套的爱情诗。
1.3
- (of weapons or power) non-nuclear(武器, 能源)常规的, 非核的:
agreement on reducing conventional forces in Europe.
减少欧洲常规部队的协议。
1.4
- Bridge (of a bid) intended to convey a particular meaning according to an agreed convention.【桥牌】(叫牌)约定(式)的。常与 NATURAL 相对。
派生词
conventionalism
nounconventionalist
nounconventionality
nounconventionalize
(亦作-ise)verbconventionally
adverb词源
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'relating to a formal agreement convention'): from French conventionnel or late Latin conventionalis, from Latin conventio(n-) 'meeting, covenant', from the verb convenire (see CONVENE).