典型例句：Gas is one of the modern conveniences the newly-built apartment building provides.
譯文：這座新造的公寓大樓有煤氣等現(xiàn)代化設(shè)備。
巧記：con(共同)+veni(來到)+ence(名詞詞綴)=一起過來拿東西=方便
想一想：①conveniency ②convenient
Key: ①n. 方便，便宜 ②a. 便利的，方便的
convention n. 大會，協(xié)定，習俗，慣例
歷年真題：It is important to distinguish between the rules of grammar and the conventions of written language.
譯文：區(qū)分語法規(guī)則和書面語的習慣是很重要的。
conventional a. 普通的;習慣的
典型例句：They hold a conventional church wedding.
譯文：他們舉行了傳統(tǒng)的教學式婚禮。
歷年真題：The conventional computers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial.(2000年6月閱讀)
譯文：現(xiàn)在，傳統(tǒng)的計算機和軟件基本上無法模擬人腦中思想發(fā)生的過程。
想一想：①convention ②conventionalize
Key: ①n. 大會，協(xié)定，習俗，慣例 ②v. 使成為慣例，使習俗化，使樣式化
conversely ad. 相反地
典型例句：You can add the fluid to the powder, or conversely, the powder to the fluid.
譯文：可以將液體加到粉末里，或者相反，將粉末加到液體里。
convert v. 轉(zhuǎn)變，改變，變換;兌換
典型例句：That building has been converted into a school.
譯文：那座樓房改成學校了。
巧記：con(表強調(diào))+vert(轉(zhuǎn)向)=轉(zhuǎn)變
想一想：①conversion ②convertible
Key:①n. 變換，變化 ②a. 可改變的，自由兌換的
