norm
noun OPAL W
/nɔːm/
/nɔːrm/
- (often the norm)[singular] a situation or a pattern of behaviour that is usual or expected
常态；正常行为 - The new design is a departure from the norm.
新的设计打破了常规。 - Older parents seem to be the norm rather than the exception nowadays.
人们在年龄较大时才生育子女在今天似乎成了常事，而不是个例。
Extra Examples- In the inner-city areas, poverty is the norm rather than the exception.
在内城区，贫穷是正常现象而不是例外。 - On-screen editing has become the norm for all student work.
在计算机屏幕上编辑已成为所有学生作业的标准要求。 - Small families are the norm nowadays.
现在大都是小家庭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accepted
- established
- ethical
- …
- be
- become
- conform to
- …
- above the norm
- below the norm
- over the norm
- …
- a departure from the norm
- a deviation from the norm
- an exception to the norm
- …
- The new design is a departure from the norm.
- norms[plural] standards of behaviour that are typical of or accepted within a particular group or society
规范；行为标准 - social/cultural norms
社会／文化规范 - She considered people to be products of the values and norms of the society they lived in.
她认为人是其所生活的社会之价值观和规范的产物。 - accepted norms of behaviour
公认的行为规范
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accepted
- established
- ethical
- …
- be
- become
- conform to
- …
- above the norm
- below the norm
- over the norm
- …
- a departure from the norm
- a deviation from the norm
- an exception to the norm
- …
- social/cultural norms
- [countable] a required or agreed standard, amount, etc.
标准；定额；定量 - detailed education norms for children of particular ages
针对具体年龄儿童的详细教育标准 - The government claims that background radioactivity is well below international norms.
政府声称背景放射性远低于国际标准。
Extra Examples- There is a comparison of each child with the age norms.
每个孩子都与年龄标准进行比较。 - The revised norms are based on test scores of 2 050 children aged between five and ten.
修订后的标准基于 2050 名 5 至 10 岁儿童的测试成绩。 - Public examination systems set up a norm, on which each student is judged.
公开考试制度设立了一个标准，对每个学生进行评判。 - They want to discourage pay settlements over the norm.
他们想阻止推行超过正常标准的工资解决方案。 - accepted norms of international law
公认的国际法标准
- detailed education norms for children of particular ages
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin norma ‘precept, rule, carpenter's square’.