con‧vic‧tion W3 / kənvɪkʃ ə n / 名词

1 [可数名词] a very strong belief or opinion

religious/political etc convictions

a woman of strong political convictions

deep/strong conviction

The Dotens have a deep conviction that marriage is for life.

conviction that

The students possess the conviction that they can make a difference to their community.

2 [不可数名词] the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubts

with/without conviction

He was able to say with conviction that he had changed.

‘No,’ she said, without conviction.

It was a reasonable explanation, but his voice lacked conviction .

It took her so much effort to speak that what she said carried great conviction (= showed she felt sure of what she said ) .

3 [可数和不可数名词] a decision in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime, or the process of proving that someone is guilty 反义词 acquittal :

They had no previous convictions.

Applicants are checked for criminal convictions.

conviction for

This was her third conviction for theft.

the trial and conviction of Jimmy Malone

→ have the courage of your convictions at courage ( 2 )

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + conviction

a criminal conviction Jason already had a criminal conviction for theft.

a murder/manslaughter/fraud etc conviction He lost his job following a drugs conviction.

a previous/prior conviction (= a crime someone was found guilty of in the past ) The man had five previous convictions for being drunk and disorderly.

a wrongful conviction (= a guilty verdict that was wrong ) The trial led to the men’s wrongful conviction.

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have a conviction for something You must declare whether you have any convictions.

lead to a conviction They offered a reward for information leading to the conviction of the killer.

obtain/secure a conviction (= make someone be found guilty ) The prosecution had obtained a conviction based on false evidence.

appeal against conviction (= ask a court of law to change it ) The men intend to appeal against their convictions.

quash/overturn a conviction (= officially say that it was wrong ) The Court of Appeal quashed their convictions.

uphold a conviction (= officially say that it was right ) The conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal.