[N-COUNT 可数名词](人、活动、思想等的)主流,主要倾向,主要趋势 People, activities, or ideas that are part of the mainstream are regarded as the most typical, normal, and conventional because they belong to the same group or system as most others of their kind.
[usu sing]
...people outside the economic mainstream...
经济主流之外的人
This was the company's first step into the mainstream of scientific and commercial computing...
这是该公司向主流科学与商业计算领域迈出的第一步。
The show wanted to attract a mainstream audience.
演出希望能够吸引主流观众。
Oxford
main·stream/ˈmeɪnstriːm; NAmEˈmeɪnstriːm/
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verb
mainstreammainstreamsnounthe mainstream[singular ]the ideas and opinions that are thought to be normal because they are shared by most people; the people whose ideas and opinions are most accepted 主流思想;主流群体◆His radical views place him outside the mainstream of American politics.他的激进观点使他脱离了美国政治的主流。▶main·streamadjective[usually before noun ]◆mainstream education主流教育verb1mainstreamsth to make a particular idea or opinion accepted by most people 使为大多数人所接受◆Vegetarianism has been mainstreamed.素食主义已为大多数人所接受。2mainstreamsb ( especially NAmE) to include children with mental or physical problems in ordinary school classes 让(身心有缺陷的儿童)融入主流教育main·stream/ˈmeɪnstriːm; NAmEˈmeɪnstriːm/
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mainstream1 noun
mainstream2 adjective
mainstream3 verb
mainstreammain‧stream1 /ˈmeɪnstriːm/ ●○○ noun
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the mainstream the most usual ideas or methods, or the people who have these ideas or methodsmainstream of Environmental ideas have been absorbed into the mainstream of European politics. Genet started as a rebel, but soon became part of the literary mainstream.
mainstream1 noun
mainstream2 adjective
mainstream3 verb
mainstreammainstream2 adjective [only before noun]
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accepted by or involving most people in a society: Deaf children can often be included in mainstream education. the mainstream political parties
mainstream1 noun
mainstream2 adjective
mainstream3 verb
mainstreammainstream3 verb [transitive]
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American English to include a child with physical or mental problems in an ordinary class—mainstreaming noun [uncountable]
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