metropolitan
adj. 首都的；主要都市的，大城市的
convention
n.传统
Convention dictates that a leader should resign in such a situation.
按照惯例，领导人应该在这种情况下辞职。
patriarchic
adj. 家长的，族长的(patriarchal)
Our boss is too patriarchic.
我们的老板太专制。
institutionalize
v.使制度化或习俗化；使送进专门机构
To institutionalize our scholarship discipline is imperative for all international students.
奖学金制度化是所有国际学生的当务之急
taboo
n./v. 禁忌；禁止(ban, prohibition)
There is a taboo on smoking in this office.
办公室禁止吸烟。
ethics
n.伦理学
marital
adj.婚姻的(wedded, conjugal)
polygamous
adj. —夫多妻的，一妻多夫的
tribe
n.部落，部族(clan)
clan
n.部落；氏族；宗族；党派
connubial
adj.婚姻的，夫妇的，配偶的(marital)
matrimony
n.结婚
anathema
n.令人厌恶的事：受诅咒的事
Those terrible ideas are anathemas to me.
那些糟糕的想法令我感到厌恶。