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

• If you read only the musings of political and economic commentators, you might have the impression that Japan is a depressed conformist country, populated almost entirely by pensioners and sumo wrestlers.
  如果你每天只读政经评论员的文章，那么你大概会有这样一种看法，即日本是一个因循守旧的萧条国家，几乎全民都是领取养老金的人和相扑手。
• 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。
• 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；
• Actually, this conformist posture that tries to maintain the "status quo" is the result of intent to rationalize the fear of confronting the code and the fact that you do not have control over it.
  实际上，这种试图维持“现状”的顺从姿态，来源于某种心理，他们认为对代码的恐惧，以及无法掌控的事实都是合理的。
• 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。
• He reacted against the conformist views of his parents.
  他反对父母墨守成规的观点。
• The school had grown more conformist.
  这所学校已变得更加因循守旧了。
• 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。
• The general tendency is to expect girls to be conformist and helpful.
  总的趋势是要求女孩子们能循规蹈矩，肯帮助别人。
• 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。