Property is natural in one sense but conventional in another.

既是自然权利，但也有约定俗成一面。

Above all, his conclusions flew in the face of accepted wisdom.

最为要命是，他观点与约定俗成理论大相径庭。

The melancholy, but truthful answer comes, that this is the established method of determining justice between nations!

悲哀但确实答案就是，这竟然是国家之间做出公平裁决约定俗成方式！

I said " or not" can come out because it's understood here. Here are your two options.

我说这里不需要 " or not" 因为这是约定俗成，这是两个选择。

All the same, there is a peculiar fascination about the old order, with its skivvies and tweenies and gentlemen's gentlemen.

但过去关于下等佣人、女仆、贴身男仆约定俗成也同样令人奇。

And lots of you caught it on your P's and Q's and E's.

你们很多人注意到了P和Q有E（学习字母时候p和q容易混淆，这是一个约定俗成口诀，主持人加上了e)。

Barristers don't shake hands. It's kind of a rule.

出庭律师不握手 约定俗成。

Finally, 4. FACTS ARE TO SOME EXTENT CONVENTIONAL.

最后，4. 事实在某种程度上是约定俗成。

Finally, 4. WORDS ARE CONVENTIONAL, They are man-made signs.

最后，4.文字是约定俗成，它们是人造符号。

The word " conventions" (conventions) refers here to standards, or the commonly accepted way of doing things.

这里“约定俗成” （conventions）一词指是标准， 或者普遍受做事方式。

In a nutshell, territorial disputes are usually not resolved by treaty laws but customary law which is established state practices and customs.

总之，在国际法里，领土纠纷一般不通过条约法，而是由习惯法解决, 习惯法是指国家间约定俗成，且共同惯例。

In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.

换言之，在媒介机构新闻采编室文化中存在着一套约定俗成写作模式，为纷繁复杂新闻报道提供了一个主干框架和一个现成故事叙述结构。

But wait – where did the subject " Armando" go in the command? We do not include subjects in commands. They are understood without being said.

" 阿曼多" 这个主语在祈使句里怎么不见了？这是因为祈使句里不出现主语，这是约定俗成。

But the basis of a language is not conventional, either from the point of view of the individual or from that of the community.

但是，无论是从个人角度是从社区角度来看，语言基础都不是约定俗成。

In this world, it's customary for friends to choose partners for each other as norm, and these societal norms influence personal choices and freedoms.

在这个世界上，朋友之间选择伴侣是一种约定俗成常态，这些社会规范影响着个人选择和自由。

The American mind was not a thought at all; it was a convention, superficial, narrow, and ignorant; a mere cutting instrument, practical, economical, sharp, and direct.

美国人头脑根本不是一个想法； 这是一种约定俗成、肤浅、狭隘、无知； 一个纯粹切割工具， 实用、经济、锋利、直。

Back in the 1920s, even though red had already become known for stop in traffic lights, the convention in signs wasn't yet established, and there were two major problems with red.

早在 20 世纪 20 年代，尽管人们以及熟知红色在交通信号灯中已经是 “停 ”意思，但在标志中约定俗成未确立，而且红色存在两大问题。

While the small n, they're kind of-- it's just the convention, the notation, that they say, hey, we just want you to get some smaller number, not the entire population.

虽然 n 很小， 但他们有点— — 这只是约定俗成符号，他们说， 嘿，我们只想让你得到一些更小数字， 而不是整个人口。

But then he goes on to say, and that's the natural right to property. But then, it seems that property, what counts as property is not natural but conventional defined by the government.

但之后他又说权是自然权利。但然后，他意思似乎是，权不是与生俱来而是约定俗成，是由政府定义。

According to Peirce, only one type of sign, which he calls 'symbol', represents a conventionalized relationship with an object, and therefore comes close to Saussure's standard interpretation of the arbitrary sign.

按照皮尔士说法， 只有一种符号，他称之为“象征” ，代表着与对象约定俗成关系，因此近索绪尔对任意符号标准解释。