I have thought about you.It's just that any time I've tried to keep anything normal with a person that was normal,it's just been a disaster.

——Notting Hill

我曾經(jīng)想過你,只是每一次我試著維持正常地和一個人正常交往,結(jié)果都很慘。

——《諾丁山》

一、你知道normal有幾種含義嗎?

adj.

1.正常的,標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的,正規(guī)的?typical, usual or ordinary

Everything is absolutely normal.

一切完全正常。

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2.(人的精神,身體)正常發(fā)育的?occurring naturally

People who commit crimes like that aren't normal.

犯這種罪的人心理都不正常。

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3.【數(shù)】垂直的,直角的?perpendicular; especially : perpendicular to a tangent at a point of tangency

Grain orientation within the intertidal beach unit is characteristically more-or-less normal to the coastline.

在潮間海灘單位內(nèi),顆粒排列方向的特點是大體上垂直于海岸線。

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4.【化】規(guī)度的,當(dāng)量的,中和性的?having a concentration of one gram equivalent of solute per liter

This term was employed in the preparation of normal solutions.

這個術(shù)語曾用于當(dāng)量溶液的配制過程中。

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n.

1.標(biāo)準(zhǔn),常態(tài)?a form or state regarded as the norm

It was several days before the floodwater sank and life returned to normal.

過了幾天洪水才退,生活恢復(fù)了正常。

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2.【數(shù)】法線 [C]?the portion of a normal line to a plane curve between the curve and the x-axis

3.正常人,正常事物?one that is normal

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二、含有normal的常見短語

normal school

n. 正態(tài)分布;師范學(xué)校

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normal curve

常態(tài)曲線,高斯曲線,標(biāo)準(zhǔn)曲線,正態(tài)曲線

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normal distribution

正常分布,常態(tài)分布,正態(tài)分布

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normal fault

正斷層

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normal dwarf

【醫(yī)】 正常侏儒

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三、接下來,做個填詞游戲

Her temperature soon returned to ______.

她的體溫很快恢復(fù)正常。