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norm

我们很熟悉“normal”，不过它的名词形式“norm”也很常见。“norm”是名词，意思是“常态” “规范” “标准”，在有的语境下还可以翻译为“见怪不怪” “稀松平常”。

“norm” 可以用单数，可以用复数，作单数时一般会用“the norm”，常用作“be/become the norm”。

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

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

The social norm “men should earn more than their wives” remains unchanged.

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

“become the new norm”，即“成为新常态”。

最后需要注意：“normal”还有一个派生词名词“normality，它和“norm”一样都是名词，但意思有区别。“normality”的意思是正常的状态，比如印尼发生地震后，一种常态都被打破了，因此就有了生活秩序恢复正常（go back to normality）的说法；而“norm”的意思是长期形成的一种规范，它和“exception”（“例外”）相对。

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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 norm rather than stick to it.

造句: For many students, attending extracurricular classes has become the new norm rather than the exception.

（参考翻译：Creative minds tend to challenge and even deviate from the norm, rather than conform to it.）