conformist

英 [kənˈfɔːmɪst]

美 [kənˈfɔːrmɪst]

n.  顺从者; 随波逐流者; 循规蹈矩的人

复数：conformists　

GRE

BNC.22204 / COCA.26307

牛津词典

noun

• 顺从者；随波逐流者；循规蹈矩的人
  a person who behaves and thinks in the same way as most other people and who does not want to be different

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 墨守成规的;循规蹈矩的
  Someone who isconformistbehaves or thinks like everyone else rather than doing things that are original.
  1. He may have to become more conformist if he is to prosper again...
     要想再现辉煌，他可能得更多地依照习惯办事。
  2. Mr Gordon now feels forced into an ever more conformist way of running his practice.
     现在，戈登先生觉得被迫以一种更为守旧的方式经营自己的业务。
  3. Aconformistis someone who is conformist.
     墨守成规的人;循规蹈矩的人

英英释义

noun

• someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)

adj

• marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles
  1. underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist
• adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)
  Synonym:conforming

双语例句

• It has been a longstanding concern that American individualist, who has fled from home and family leaving the values of community and public opinion behind, is secretly a conformist.
  长期以来就有这样一种担心：美国个人主义者虽然逃离了家庭，把社会和传统价值抛在身后，但他内心深处却是个唯从主义者。
• He used to be quite interesting as a boy but he's grown really conformist over the years.
  他孩提时非常有趣，但这些年变得因循守旧了。
• But his conformist image and manner belie his break with strait-laced Japanese business conventions.
  不过，他墨守成规的形象与举止，其实掩饰了他对日本企业刻板传统的背弃。
• It distinguished more hip African-Americans from their short-haired conformist counterparts.
  它把更为开放的非裔美国人和留着短发的保守非裔美国人区别开来。
• The conformist mentality is a common social psychological phenomena, this phenomenon also widely exists in college students.
  从众心理是一种较为普遍的社会心理现象，这种现象在大学生群体中也广泛地存在着。
• A good student might even be more than a bit of a follower, a conformist, standing ready to give satisfaction to the powers that be so that one can proceed to the next good school, taking another step up the ladder of meritocracy.
  一名好学生甚至可能是一个十足的追随者，一个墨守成规的人，时刻准备着讨好当权者，以便自己能够接着进入下一个好学校，在精英政治的阶梯上再上一级台阶。
• No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist.
  任何墨守成规的人都不大可能在经营中获得真正的持久的成功，也不可能发财致富。
• He may have to become more conformist if he is to prosper again
  要想再现辉煌，他可能得更多地依照习惯办事。
• The country's leadership was eager to encourage its over-pressured, conformist students to think more imaginatively, anticipating the day when China's catch-up growth would come to an end.
  中国的领导阶层希望在遵从式教育模式下承受过重压力的中国学生能够富有想象力地思考问题，他们期望中国有朝一日能够结束在追赶别人中成长。
• Deeply provincial and conformist; in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial; narrow provincial attitudes. Without such a unity, the highest art of any expert cannot help being utilitarian in the narrowest sense;
  非常狭隘、守旧；在那个受教育程度高的公司里我感觉自惭形秽；狭隘的地方观点。不统一，任何专门家的最高级的艺术也不免成为最狭隘的功利主义；