| 词汇 | be the order of the day |
| 释义 | be the order of the daybe the order of the day a) SUITABLEto be suitable for a particular occasion or situation 〔在某场合或情况中〕适宜，恰当 Casual clothes are the order of the day. 休闲服装很合时宜。 b) COMMONto be very common at a particular time – used especially when you disapprove of something 〔在某一时期〕变得很寻常，非常普遍〔尤用于不赞同某事时〕 Sexual explicitness is the order of the day. 露骨地谈论性话题如今已是司空见惯。 Examples from the Corpus be the order of the day• Downsizing was the order of the day, and thousands of jobs were lost.• Here, too, politics was the order of the day.• Repression, Government spies and agents provocateur were the order of the day.• Realism was the order of the day on all sides.• In terms of the international economy, free trade was the order of the day.• Spontaneity and whim are the order of the day.• Casual clothes will be the order of the day.• Passive acceptance would be the order of the day. → be the order of the day at order1(4) |
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