conventional
adjective OPAL W
/kənˈvenʃənl/
/kənˈvenʃənl/
Idioms - (often disapproving) tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting
依照惯例的；遵循习俗的；墨守成规的；普通平凡的 - conventional behaviour/morality
循规蹈矩的行为；传统的道德规范 - She's very conventional in her views.
她的观点很守旧。
- He turned out to be a very conventional young man.
他原来是一个非常传统的年轻人。 - The imagery in the poem is somewhat conventional.
这首诗的意象有些墨守成规。 - They rejected what they saw as the hypocrisy of conventional society.
他们排斥被他们认为伪善的传统社会。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- conventional behaviour/morality
- [usually before noun] following what is traditional or the way something has been done for a long time
传统的；习惯的 - conventional methods/approaches
传统方法 - It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel.
这不是一家传统意义上的旅馆，而是整个村庄变身而成的度假村。 - You can use a microwave or cook it in a conventional oven.
你可以用微波炉或传统烤箱烹制。
- Her face is not beautiful in conventional terms.
她的脸按常规来说并不漂亮。 - My sister was taught to read by more conventional methods.
我妹妹是用更传统的方法学习阅读的。 - Raising such a large amount of money from conventional sources would be difficult.
从传统来源筹集如此大量的资金将是困难的。 - She had a fairly conventional start to her career.
她的事业有一个相当传统的开端。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- conventional methods/approaches
- [usually before noun] (of medical treatment
医疗 非核的；常规的 - conventional medicine
传统医学 - Conventional treatments for this condition have been only partially successful.
这种疾病的传统治疗只取得了部分成功。
- conventional medicine
- [usually before noun] (especially of weapons
尤指武器 非核的；常规的 - conventional forces/weapons
常规部队／武器 - A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation.
常规战争仍然会造成不可接受的破坏。 - a conventional power station (= using oil or coal as fuel, rather than nuclear power)
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- conventional forces/weapons
词源late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to a formal agreement or convention’): from French conventionnel or late Latin conventionalis, from Latin conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’.
Idioms
conventional/received/popular wisdom
- the view or belief that most people hold
大多数人的看法；普遍信念 - Conventional wisdom has it that riots only ever happen in cities.
人们普遍认为，只有城市里才发生暴乱。
- Conventional wisdom has it that all sense of community has gone, but that is not the case where I live.
人们普遍认为社区感已不复存在，但是我住的地方不同。 - The received wisdom is that the book is always better than the film.
人们普遍的看法是，小说总是比电影好看。 - Contrary to conventional wisdom, stress is not a bad thing.
与传统的看法相反，压力并不是坏事。 - Popular wisdom has it that higher oil prices are bad for economic growth.
人们普遍认为油价上涨不利于经济增长。
- Conventional wisdom has it that riots only ever happen in cities.