| 单词 | lowest common denominator |
| 释义 | lowest common denominator Word forms: lowest common denominators 1. countable noun [usually singular] If you describe a plan or policy as the lowest common denominator, you are critical of it because it has been deliberately made too simple so that nobody will disagree. [disapproval] They reduce complicated explanations to the lowest common denominator. 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you say that something is designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, you are critical of it because it is designed to be liked by the majority of people. [disapproval] Tabloid newspapers pander to the lowest common denominator. 3. countable noun In mathematics, the lowest common denominator is the smallest number that all the numbers on the bottom of a particular group of fractions can be divided into. [technical] |
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