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convene sth
及物用法，后接会议或人群。
The president convened an emergency meeting.
总统召集了一次紧急会议。
集合；召集
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集合；召集
meet formally
The president convened an emergency meeting.
总统召集了一次紧急会议。
聚集；会面；联合
To come together; to meet; to unite.
聚集在一起,如同一个团体或为公共目的；会面；集合
To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
召集；召唤；召集会议
To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
依法召集出庭或出席
To summon judicially to meet or appear.
convene
Base
原形
convenes
3rd person
第三人称单数
convening
-ing
现在分词
convened
Past
过去式
convened
Past participle
过去分词
They convene annually.
他们每年召集会议。
The committee convened yesterday.
委员会昨天召开了会议。
The group is convening now.
小组正在召集会议。
The committee will convene next Tuesday to discuss the budget.
委员会将于下周二召开会议讨论预算。
The CEO convened an urgent meeting after the incident.
事件发生后，首席执行官召集了一次紧急会议。
The board is convening now to vote on the proposal.
董事会正在开会就提案进行投票。
及物用法，后接会议或人群。
The president convened an emergency meeting.
总统召集了一次紧急会议。
不定式表示目的。
The committee convened to discuss the proposal.
委员会开会讨论该提案。
不及物用法，表示集合或开会。
The delegates convened in the main hall.
代表们在大厅集合。
Not this
We convened meeting yesterday.
Use this
We convened a meeting yesterday.
convene作为及物动词后接宾语时，可数名词meeting前需要加冠词a或the，表示具体的一次会议。
Not this
She convened me to attend the party.
Use this
She convinced me to attend the party.
convene意为‘召集’，不能用于说服某人；表示‘说服’要用convince，后面接不定式或从句。
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召开会议
The chairman convened a meeting to discuss the budget.
主席召开会议讨论预算。
召集委员会
The board convened a committee to investigate the issue.
董事会召集了一个委员会来调查此事。
召开一次会议（尤指正式会议）
Parliament will convene a special session next week.
议会将于下周召开特别会议。
召开会议/大会
The organization convened an international conference on climate change.
该组织召开了一次关于气候变化的国际会议。
在（某地）集合
The delegates convened in the main hall.
代表们在大厅集合。
为……而集合
The team convened for an emergency briefing.
团队集合参加紧急简报。
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联想'肯围'：大家肯围在一起，就是集合、召集开会。
语域：formal 常见场景：meetings、assemblies、conferences convene 多用于正式场合，如会议、集会等，表示召集或集合。
及物动词意为召集（某人/某物），不及物动词意为聚集、开会。
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