“norm” 可以用單數,可以用復數,作單數時壹般會用“the norm”,常用作“be/become the norm”。比如,在很多國家私生子正在變得稀松平常,就可以說:
Births out of wedlock are becoming the norm in many countries.
作業
1)使用《牛津英語搭配詞典》查“norm”,了解它的常用搭配。
Deviation from the norm 離經叛道
To be the norm
Faction and self-intrest apear to be the norm.
2)翻譯下面的句子:
有創造力的人往往會挑戰,甚至偏離常規,而不是固守常規。
The creative people enjoy challenge and always divert from the norm, rather than obey it.