norm”是名词,意思是“常态” “规范” “标准”,在有的语境下还可以翻译为“见怪不怪” “稀松平常”。
“norm” 可以用单数,可以用复数,作单数时一般会用“the norm”,常用作“be/become the norm”。比如,在很多国家私生子正在变得稀松平常,就可以说:
Births out of wedlock are becoming the norm in many countries.
作业
1)使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查“norm”,了解它的常用搭配。
Deviation from the norm 离经叛道
To be the norm
Faction and self-intrest apear to be the norm.
2)翻译下面的句子:
有创造力的人往往会挑战,甚至偏离常规,而不是固守常规。
The creative people enjoy challenge and always divert from the norm, rather than obey it.
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