学个词Learn a Word 第565期 conventional wisdom

今天我们要学的词是conventional wisdom。 Conventional wisdom, 是指普遍看法。 "The conventional wisdom in the media was that the economy would collapse¹ in the absence of the bailout," 媒体的主流看法是，如果政府不出面救市，经济就会崩溃。 "New research runs counter to conventional wisdom that middle-class children have hectic² and stressed-out lives," 最新研究打破了社会上认为中产阶级家庭的孩子活动太多，疲惫不堪的普遍看法。好的，今天我们学习的词是conventional wisdom...

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 hectic   

adj.肺病的；消耗热的；发热的；闹哄哄的

参考例句：

• I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。
• The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。