单词 | mainstream |
释义 | mainstream (once / 1696 pages) n Mainstream describes what's viewed by most people in a society as "normal," like the mainstream view that everyone should get married, move to the suburbs, and have children as soon as they can. Something that's mainstream is conventional, or the usual way of doing things. If you're talking about the mainstream in fashion, you mean the ordinary clothes that most people wear and which is found in all the malls — nothing too weird or outlandish. In the 1600s, mainstream described the prevailing current of a river, with the first recorded use of its meaning of prevailing taste or opinion in 1831. WORD FAMILYmainstream: mainstreams USAGE EXAMPLESIndeed, a mainstream strategy in cognitive behavioral therapy involves purposefully articulating thoughts to oneself in order to diminish pernicious habits of mind. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Still, the league using FanDuel to drive its TV business is exactly the type of mainstream acceptance Freeman mentioned. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) The medium, he said, was a way to avoid mainstream media outlets and get his message directly to the American public. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) n the prevailing current of thought his thinking was in the American mainstream Hyper thought the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual |
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