mainstream
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪn.striːm/us/ˈmeɪn.striːm/C2
considerednormal, and having or usingideas,beliefs, etc. that areacceptedby mostpeople:
(思维、思想或信念等)主流的This is the director's first mainstreamHollywoodfilm.这是该导演在好莱坞的首部主流影片。
educationspecialized
used to refer toeducationforchildrenwho can betaughtin the same way as most otherchildren, or topeople,schools, etc.connectedwith thistypeofeducation:
Manyyoungstershave been out of mainstreameducationfor solongthat they cannotadaptto aformallearningenvironment.
Manyestimatethat up to 20% ofchildrenin mainstreamclassroomsmay have somespecialneeds.
mainstreamchildren/students/teachers
- WorldMusic is now wellestablishedandpopularwithmassaudiencesand mainstreamcompanies.
- He is notknownwithin mainstreamliterarycircles.
- Theycaterfor mainstreammusicaltastes.
- She isexcludedfrom mainstreamlife.
- Mainstreamjournalsdid notcoverthestory.
General
- abstract
- abstraction
- abstractly
- across-the-board
- all-purpose
- broad
- broadness
- by and largeidiom
- chiefly
- general
- generalist
- non-personal
- on the wholeidiom
- overall
- portmanteau
- primarily
- sense
- stuff
- thing
- whole
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mainstream
noun
uk/ˈmeɪn.striːm/us/ˈmeɪn.striːm/the mainstream
the way oflifeor set ofbeliefsacceptedby mostpeople:
主流(多数人的生活方式或信仰)The newlawshouldallowmoredisabledpeopletoenterthe mainstreamofAmericanlife.这部新法有望使更多的残疾人进入美国的主流社会。
Custom, tradition & conformity
- Americanization
- anti-classical
- anti-conventional
- anti-institutional
- anti-traditional
- crowd
- custom
- demi-monde
- desi
- endogamy
- multicultural
- multiculturalism
- non-classical
- non-conservative
- non-traditional
- ultra-traditional
- unconventional
- unconventionally
- undoctrinaire
- unorthodox
mainstream
verb[T]
uk/ˈmeɪn.striːm/us/ˈmeɪn.striːm/to make somethingstartto beconsiderednormal:
Politicalrhetoricmainstreamshostility.
Mainstreamingequalitymeansthatequalityshould not becateredfor only byspecificprogrammesorinitiatives.
educationUSspecialized
toteachchildrenwithspecialneedsin the sameclassorschoolaschildrenwho do not havespecialneeds:
Theschoolhas been mainstreamingchildrenwithspecialneedssuccessfullyforalmost20years.
We didn'tknowif he could be mainstreamed.
Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's workidiom
- as a (general) ruleidiom
- as a matter of courseidiom
- as per usual/normalidiom
- knee-jerk
- mainstreaming
- make it a ruleidiom
- mechanical
- more often than notidiom
- natural
- nine
- per
- prevail
- pro forma
- regulation
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surpriseidiom
- trad
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