mainstreaming
noun[U]
uk/ˈmeɪn.striː.mɪŋ/us/ˈmeɪn.striː.mɪŋ/theprocessof making somethingstartto beconsiderednormal:
We areseeingthe mainstreaming ofenvironmentalism.
Somepeopleseeadownsideto the mainstreaming oftattoos.
educationUSspecialized
theteachingofchildrenwithspecialneedsin the sameclassorschoolaschildrenwho do not havespecialneeds:
主流化(指将有特殊需要的儿童与没有特殊需要的儿童在同一班级或学校进行教学)There has beenpersistentdebateover mainstreaming for special-needsstudents.关于有特殊需要学生主流化问题,一直存在着争议。
Though mainstreaming hasitsbenefits,autistickidsriskbecomingoutcastsin aregularclassroom.虽然主流化有其优点,但是自闭症儿童在普通班级里有被排斥的危险。
- The mainstreaming ofvegetarianismandhealthylifestylesplacednewdemandson themarket.
- What we arewitnessingis the mainstreaming ofpornography.
- Politicians havebeguntoquestionwhether thepolicyof mainstreaming - andtherebyclosingspecialschools- has gone toofar.
- Thenotionof mainstreaminggrewout of 1975federallegislationaimedat making high-needsstudents'environmentslessrestrictive.
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
- make it a ruleidiom
- mechanical
- more often than notidiom
- natural
- naturally
- nine
- prevail
- pro forma
- regulation
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surpriseidiom
- trad
- usu.
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