A convent is a contradiction. Its object , salvation; its means thereto, sacrifice.

She aslay teacher at the convent school.

她在“修道院”的学校当非神职的教师.

She serves as a lay teacher at the convent school.

她在修道院的学校当非神职的教师.

Vanessa a lovely but still completely innocent student at a convent school.

云妮莎是个纯情少女,就读于一所修女学校.

We go offstage 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。

Back in the Fifties, social convention required that males models keep their kit on.

回首50年代，那时社会习俗要求男模不能脱掉所有衣服。

The National Convention has promised armed support to any people who wish to rise against armed oppression.

国民议会承诺向所有想要反抗武装压迫的人提供武装支持。

The country appears to be violating several articles of the convention.

这个国家看起来违反了公约中的好几项条款。

He's determined to speak at the Democratic Convention.

他决定在民主党全国代表大会上发言。

Moderates are putting it about that people shouldn't take the things said at the Republican Convention too seriously.

温和派散布说人们不应该把共和党大会上说的话太当真。

It's obviously important to get as much mileage out of the convention as possible.

很明显，从这项协议中获取尽可能多的利益十分重要。

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

尽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。

After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution.

战后，为制定宪法组织了一次会议。

Since the Convention was drawn up international opinion has begun to move against it.

自从该国际公约起草之日起，国际社会就转而对其持反对意见。

The Democrat convention has set the scene for a ferocious election campaign this autumn.

民主党代表大会已经为今年秋季激烈的大选作好了准备。

The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention.

上周的大会过后，民意调查显示州长支持率大幅上升。

The film was shown to gasps of rapture at the Democratic Convention.

在民主党大会上放映的电影使人们十分欣喜。

The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.

会议制定了用以确定由哪个国家负责受理避难请求的规约。

Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighboring country.

日本已与邻国签署了一项和平协定.

Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation.

依照常规部长在这种情况下应该辞职.

The Convention of Peking in 1860 , which ended the hostilities, provided for its outright cession.

一八六零年, 战争结束, 订立《北京条约》,九龙半岛正式割让予英国.