英语词汇“lowest common denominator”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Word forms: plural 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]

单词	lowest common denominator
释义	lowest common denominator Word forms: plural 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] lowest common denominator in British English noun the smallest integer or polynomial that is exactly divisible by each denominator of a set of fractions Abbreviation: LCD, lcd. Also called: least common denominator lowest common denominator in American English 1. least common denominator 2. that which is accepted, understood, appreciated, etc. by the broadest mass of people Examples of 'lowest common denominator' in a sentence lowest common denominator Today's Navy officer is condemned to a life of the lowest common denominator. James W. Huston FLASH POINT (2001)
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