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convention noun—公约 n (almost always used) ()会议 n ()Examples:act according to convention—Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora —United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea—United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—unrestrained by convention—outrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc)—deliberately going against (rule, convention, sb's wishes etc)—overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas—Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)—convention (i.e. international agreement)—UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)—Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women—hidebound by convention [idiom.]— |