每日一词 norm

1. 释义：the usual or normal situation, way of doing sth

2.例句：

在许多国家私生子正在变得稀松平常。

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

男性应该比女性收入高这一情况基本没变。

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

3. norm 的常用搭配：

（1）动词：be, become 

（2）形容词：social norm 社会常态； cultural norm

（3）介词：above/ below the norm 高于/低于正常水平

4. 造句：

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 break the norm, rather than conform to it. 

工作压力大已经成为现代社会的常态。

Great pressure of work is becoming the norm in the modern world.