lowest common denominator
noun
uk/ˌləʊ.ɪst kɒm.ən dɪˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪ.tər/us/ˌloʊ.ɪst kɑː.mən dɪˈnɑː.mə.neɪ.t̬ɚ/lowest common denominatornoun(NUMBER)
[Cusually singular]mathematicsspecialized
thesmallestnumberthat can beexactlydividedby all thebottomnumbersin agroupoffractions
最小公分母Terms for numbers
- additive inverse
- aliquot
- common denominator
- common factor
- common multiple
- cos
- fold
- fortyfold
- fourfold
- GCF
- hundredfold
- imaginary number
- odd
- recurring number
- remainder
- resultant
- root
- sevenfold
- seventyfold
- weighting
lowest common denominatornoun(LEAST INTELLIGENT)
the lowest common denominator[S]
used to refer in adisapprovingway to thesortofpeopleinsocietywho are leastintelligentand who willacceptlow-qualityproductsandentertainment:
（品位较低的）社会大众Theproblemwith so muchtelevisionis that it isaimedat thelowestcommondenominator.如此多电视节目的问题在于其定位于迎合大众的口味。
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class