norm

Word family

norm /nɔːm $ nɔːrm/ AWL noun [countableC]

1 USUALLYthe usual or normal situation, way of doing something etc 常态；标准；准则；规范

be/become the norm

Short term contracts are now the norm with some big companies.

签订短期合同是目前一些大公司的惯常做法。

Joyce’s style of writing was a striking departure from the literary norm.

乔伊斯的写作风格与传统的文学风格大相径庭。

2 norms [plural] generally accepted standards of social behaviour 社会准则

terrorists who violate the norms of civilized society

违反文明社会准则的恐怖分子

social/cultural etc norms 社会/文化等准则

Examples from the Corpus

social/cultural etc norms• Labelling is acknowledged as a complex process involving social norms and values.• The sociology of social norms is a recurring theme.• The study of social norms did not escape.• His private emotions and idiosyncracies, and difficulties he experiences in internalizing the social norms of his community are his business.• Meeting inside a model could logically connect communications protocols to the model itself rather than the cultural norms of a geographical area.• The analysts will have to adhere to the cultural norms of the organisation in order to be successful with their database project.

3 the norm the normal or average standard 正常[平均]水平

above/below the norm

28% of children tested below the norm.

有28%的儿童化验结果低于正常水平。

Examples from the Corpus

norm• Traditional sexual norms have been called into question.• Yet, again there is the contrast between personal inclinations and social norms.• This is not uncommon in the South East and well within the building society norm of two and a half times income.• And the gospel for so long speaks the correct opposition to what has become the standard and the norm.• Peer evaluation within the teams has become the norm.• It is the norm that volunteering in sport does not stop out of season.• I am told this is the norm.• It is those norms, in turn, that create a trusting environment within which commerce and trade can take place.• They provide social contexts for shaping the day-to-day behaviour or adolescents, and encourage conformity to norms and values.

be/become the norm• Three-and four-flight days again became the norm for him, more hours above the earth than on it.• Driver-only buses have become the norm, and may have increased privatised profitability, but they've decreased traffic flow.• Contradictory signals from the government have become the norm.• In a decade it may be the norm.• Certainly, organised, structured delinquent gangs do not appear to be the norm in Britain today.• These are more innocent diversions than used to be the norm.• Eventually the price of such devices will fall and PostScript recorders will become the norm - just as they have with typesetting.

From Longman Business Dictionary

normnorm /nɔːmnɔːrm/ noun [singular]

the usual and expected situation, way of doing something etc

Private businesses award an average of 0.35% commission compared with the industry’s norm of 0.5%.

Budget surpluses are now the norm.

Origin norm

(1800-1900) Latin norma “tool for checking straight lines and angles”

norm noun

Chinese

Corpus

🔍 牛津詞典🔍 朗文詞典 🎯🔍 劍橋詞典🔍 柯林斯詞典🔍 麥美倫詞典🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)

最近搜尋：

norm

🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)