normalcy
normalcy 英 ['nɔ:mlsɪ] 美 [ˈnɔrməlsi]
n. 常态
名词复数:normalcies
- In the early twentieth century, President Warren Harding popularized the word normalcy with his slogan: “return to normalcy," about getting back to normal life after the war. Since then, the word has been used often instead of "normality."
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- n. 常态
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1. But normalcy is breeding complacency — perhaps because complacency is normal.
但是常态正在滋生自满 -- 也许是因为自满才是常态.
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2. And if you’ve been affected recently, your first goal should be to dry out and restore normalcy.
如果你最近正受此影响，你的第一个目标应该是干燥和恢复常态。
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3. Perhaps this is a mirage—or perhaps the measures taken by states around the world, chiefly the U.S. government, have restored normalcy.
或许这只是海市蜃楼，或许这是世界各国的措施——特别是美国政府的措施——使人们恢复常态。
- normalcy (n.) 1857, "mathematical condition of being at right angles," from normal + -cy. Associated since c. 1920 with U.S. president Warren G. Harding and derided as an example of his incompetent speaking style. Previously used mostly in the mathematical sense. The word preferred by purists for "a normal situation" is normality (1849).
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