| 词组 | the received wisdom |
| 释义 | Idiom the received wisdomthe conventional/received wisdom knowledge or information that people generally believe is true, although in fact it is often false.The conventional wisdom is that marriage makes a relationship more secure, but as the divorce rates show, this is not necessarily true. the received wisdomCommon knowledge that is held to be true, but may not be. The received wisdom says to feed a cold and starve a fever, but that doesn't reflect current medical practice. conventional/received ˈwisdomthe view or belief that most people have: Conventional wisdom has it that riots only ever happen in big cities.The term conventional wisdom was first used by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith in his book The Affluent Society. |
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