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，在媒介机构的编室文化中存在着一套约俗成的写作模式，为纷繁复杂的报道提供了一个主干框架和一个现成的故事叙述结构。

The day agreed upon was pouring rain.

我们约的那天大雨倾盆。

The reason is simple-unlike speech, writing provides a permanent record of the contract.

原因很简单。“写”下来的文件可以作为约的永久备案，“说”的就不行。

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、贴身男仆的约俗成也同令人好奇。

So tell me something. What does the phrase 'no date pact' mean to you?

告诉我，'没有约会的约' 对你们的意何在？

This is about doing something at an agreed time and being on time.

这是指在约的时间内做某事以及准时。

No problem. I was a little early for our appointment.

没问题。我比我们约的时间来得早了一点。

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.

但之后他又说财产权是自然权利。但然后，他的意思似乎是，财产权不是与生俱来而是约俗成的，是由政的。

I wouldn't want you to think that I'd inveigled you into an arrangement which was not what you'd expected.

我不希望你觉得我骗你，许下你不想要的约。

At the appointed time, you'll be walking in the yard near the electric fence.

在约的时间里，你要走到院子里的电栅栏旁边。

STEP 4 One of the best ways to prevent love chub is not to cuddle on the couch every night. Find a calorie-burning activity that requires a commitment so you're more likely to stick with it.

防止体重增加的最好方法就是晚上不要窝在沙发上。找一项你必须遵守约的燃烧热量的活动，这你更有可能坚持。

Existing grantees will receive only 90% of the cash promised to them.

已申请成功的人士也只能拿到约经费总额的九成。

What lies behind this reluctance to keep to engagements?

这种不愿履行约的背后是什么？

Reynard hastened to the place of meeting, where the stork had made ready her meal.

狐狸很快到了约的地方，鹳已经准备好了食物。

I was trying to keep my word this time.

我真的想要履行约的。

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还有E（学习字母的时候p和q容易混淆，这是一个约俗成的口诀，主持人加上了e)。

But on the appointed day, more than half of them turned up.

可是在约的那一天，半数以上的人还是来了。

Ukrainian said the incident happened on Friday on an agreed evacuation corridor from Peremoha village.

乌克兰方面称事故发生在周五，发生地是约的佩雷莫哈村的疏散通道。

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

最为要命的是，他的观点与约俗成的理论大相径庭。

I can't cancel on the one person who was nice to me.

我不能取消跟他的约 他是唯一对我好的人。