词组 | norm |
释义 | norm AC /nɔːm $ nɔːrm/ noun the usual situation, way of doing something, way of behaving etcGrammarYou usually say the norm.verbsbe the norm At that time, big families were the norm.become the norm Owning a car has become the norm.accept sth as the norm They encourage children to accept early bed times as the norm.establish the norm Parents are responsible for establishing the norms within a family.conform to the norm (=behave or do something in the same way as everyone else) Teenagers feel under pressure to conform to the norm.deviate from the norm (=be different from the norm) It sounds like your experience deviated from the norm in every way.violate the norm (=do something that is against the norm) People who violated norms of society were publicly punished.adjectivessocial norms Our behaviour is restricted by social norms.cultural norms We must learn to work with people whose cultural norms are different from our own.the accepted/established norm Behaviour that was different from the accepted norm was viewed with suspicion.the national norm The school has a 30-hour week, five hours above the national norm.prepositionsabove/below the norm Unemployment here is now 5%, which is far above the norm.beyond the norm People should be rewarded for performance beyond the norm.the norm for sb/sth This kind of behaviour is not the norm for a child of her age.phrasesdifferent from the norm I like being around people who are different from the norm.a departure/deviation from the norm formal This violence was an unexpected deviation from the norm.be the norm rather than the exception (=be what usually happens) Going to university is the norm rather than the exception these days. |
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