2018-10-31 norm

Definition

[C] the usual or normal situation, way of doing sth.

常态、规范、标准

单数：the norm--》become/be the norm

normality: 正常的状态，比如印尼发生地震后，一种常态被打破了，因此就有了生活秩序恢复正常的说法：go back to normality。

norm: 长期形成的一种规范，和exception相对。

Sentence

1. 新常态：the new norm

2. In China marrying young is no longer the social norm.

3. Births out of wedlock are becoming the norm in many countries.

births out of wedlock: 私生子

4. Bilingual education remains the norm in international schools throughout non-English-speaking countries.

5. The social norm "men should earn more than their wives" remains unchanged.

6. Immersive, 360-degree experiences, complete with touch and temperature sensations, should become the norm.

Practice

1. collocation:

v. + ~: become/be the norm, conform to the norm, break from the norm, challenge the norm, be different from/ deviate from/ differ from/ violate the norm

prep. + ~: above/below/over the norm, the norm of/for

phrases:  a departure/deviation from the norm, an exception to the norm, the norm rather than the exception, out of the norm

adj. + ~: accepted/established norm, ethical/moral/cultural/social/community/gender/group/peer norm

2. 有创造力的人往往会挑战，甚至偏离常规，而不是固守常规。

Creative people tend to challenge, and even deviate from the norms, instead of sticking to them.

Creative minds tend to challenge and even deviate from the norm, rather than conform to it.

3. 被人们普遍接受的民主准则

A democratic norm that is widely accepted.

The commonly accepted norms of democracy.

4. 认为醉酒是不当行为的社会规范。

The social norm that considers being drunk as wrongdoing.

A social norm that says drunkenness is inappropriate behavior.