conventional
adj
1
(a) (often derog 常作貶義) based on convention(2a) 依照慣例的; 約定俗成的; 因循守舊的
conventional clothes, behaviour 老一套的衣物、 行為
She's so conventional in her views. 她的觀點(diǎn)太保守.
He made a few conventional remarks about the weather. 他說(shuō)了幾句關(guān)於天氣的客套話.
The conventional wisdom is that high wage rises increase inflation, ie That is the generally accepted view. 人們普遍認(rèn)同的看法是工資增長(zhǎng)過(guò)快會(huì)加劇通貨膨脹.
(b) following what is traditional or customary 依照傳統(tǒng)的; 符合習(xí)俗的
a conventional design, method 傳統(tǒng)的式樣、 方法.
2 (esp of weapons) not nuclear (尤指武器)常規(guī)的, 非核的
conventional missiles, warfare, etc 常規(guī)的導(dǎo)彈、 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)等
a conven-tional power station, ie fuelled by oil or coal, rather than being powered by a nuclear reactor 使用普通燃料的發(fā)電廠(以石油或煤為燃料而非使用核動(dòng)力的).
compactvt.& vi. 壓緊,(使)堅(jiān)實(shí);把…弄緊密,把…弄結(jié)實(shí);使(文體)簡(jiǎn)潔,簡(jiǎn)化;變緊密,變結(jié)實(shí);
adj. 緊湊的;簡(jiǎn)潔的,(文體等)緊湊的;小巧易攜帶的;(物質(zhì))致密的,(體格)結(jié)實(shí)的;
Carl, what does quake mean, as in the word earthquake?
卡爾,earthquake這個(gè)詞中的“quake”是什么意思?
Of course he is. He's very successful. He's made lots of records. They broadcast a programme of his music last month on the radio. Why don't you come on Saturday? I think you'd enjoy it.
toweringadj. 聳立的;高大的,杰出的;強(qiáng)烈的;極度的;
v. 遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于,遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)( tower的現(xiàn)在分詞);(在能力、品德、名聲等方面)勝過(guò),遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)(其他人);