lowest common denominator
英 [ˌləʊəst ˌkɒmən dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə(r)]
美 [ˌloʊəst ˌkɑːmən dɪˈnɑːmɪneɪtər]
n. 最小公分母; 大众化的东西; 最平庸的人
牛津词典
noun
- 最小公分母
the smallest number that the bottom numbers of a group of fractions can be divided into exactly - 大众化的东西；最平庸的人
something that is simple enough to seem interesting to, or to be understood by, the highest number of people in a particular group; the sort of people who are least intelligent or accept sth that is of low quality- The school syllabus seems aimed at the lowest common denominator.
学校的教学大纲似乎是针对接受能力最差的学生制定的。
- The school syllabus seems aimed at the lowest common denominator.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 刻意迎合大多数人的计划（或政策）
If you describe a plan or policy asthe lowest common denominator, you are critical of it because it has been deliberately made too simple so that nobody will disagree.- Although the plan received unanimous approval, this does not mean that it represents the lowest common denominator.
虽然计划获得一致通过，但这并不意味着它为回避矛盾而刻意简单化了。
- Although the plan received unanimous approval, this does not mean that it represents the lowest common denominator.
- N-COUNT 迎合大众口味的东西
If you say that something is designed to appeal tothe lowest common denominator, you are critical of it because it is designed to be liked by the majority of people.- Tabloid newspapers pander to the lowest common denominator.
小报都竭力迎合大众口味。
- Tabloid newspapers pander to the lowest common denominator.
- 最小公分母
In mathematics,the lowest common denominatoris the smallest number that all the numbers on the bottom of a particular group of fractions can be divided into.
双语例句
- Lowest common denominator approach A German donkey is making an ass out of herself after falling in love with a gander.
最小公分母方式德国一头母驴与一头公鹅坠入爱河，模样实在滑稽。 - Anygui is nice because it lets unmodified applications run on widely different platforms ( but it therefore supports the "lowest common denominator" of the supported toolkits).
Anygui很好用，因为它允许应用程序未经更改就可以运行在差异很大的平台上（但因此它支持受支持工具箱的“最低级公共特性”）。 - Today, the firm has 21, 000 sales representatives drumming up business in 120 countries. Regardless of the sales pitches, remember that the lowest common denominator in Internet security is people not technology.
现在，这家公司有两万一千名推销员在一百二十个国家兜揽生意。别管兜揽生意的话，记住英特网安全中的最小公分母是人而不是技术。 - Pre-packaged code inherently limits the product's quality standard to the lowest common denominator; i.e., the weakest link may reside in code that is outside our control.
预包装的代码天生地将产品的质量标准限制为最小公分母，也就是，最薄弱的环节可能存在于我们控制之外的代码中。 - From the ground up, STD is not designed to be user-friendly; that is, we don't cater to the lowest common denominator.
从头开始，STD的设计就不是用户友好的；这就是说，我们并不会迎合大众化的口味。 - Designing for many people doesn't mean designing for the lowest common denominator.
为多数人设计并不意味着为降低标准设计。 - The C language is chosen as the lowest common denominator for software development under the Windows platform.
Windows平台的最低层次的开发语言就是C语言。 - Tabloid newspapers pander to the lowest common denominator.
小报都竭力迎合大众口味。 - Nor is it clear how he would form a government: his centrist party is tiny, and his vague musings of drawing in like-minded leaders from left and right smack of the lowest common denominator.
他含糊暧昧的表示希望从左右两派召集持相同政见的人，似乎是想找到各派间的共同点。 - Although the plan received unanimous approval, this does not mean that it represents the lowest common denominator.
虽然计划获得一致通过，但这并不意味着它为回避矛盾而刻意简单化了。