convention

英 [kənˈvenʃn] 美 [kənˈvɛnʃən]

n.

会议;全体与会者;国际公约;惯例，习俗，规矩

1.It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts

男人不穿裙子只是一种社会习俗。

2.We go off stage and come back for the convention of the encore.

按照加演的传统做法，我们走到后台后又再次返场。

3.Despite her wish to defy convention,she had become pregnant and married at 21.

儘管她不想遵循传统习俗，但她还是在21岁的时候就怀孕并且结婚了。