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non-standard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Linguistics, Daily life
ˌnon-ˈstandard adjective  1 SLnon-standard ways of speaking are not usually considered to be correct by educated speakers of a language 〔话语〕不标准的,不规范的 Non-standard dialects of English are regional dialects. 英语中不规范的方言都是地区性的方言。2 DTnot the usual size or type 〔尺寸或类型〕不标准的,不规则的 a non-standard disk size 非标准磁盘尺寸
Examples from the Corpus
non-standardResults show that non-standard entrants achieved more good degrees than other students.Apart from the non-standard flight instruments the Apache has a convenient office and one rapidly feels at home.M., the staff will schedule interviews during non-standard hours as necessary.This, and other similar non-standard methods make d'Compress harder to use than it need be.It is housed in vertical files which are of non-standard size, and which are no longer manufactured.The early machines, the 1512 and the 1640, used plastic cases and a non-standard size.For it is the non-elite institutions that are in the vanguard of recruiting non-standard students.Example 91 uses non-standard units to avoid a relationship between different measures being known or guessed.
From Longman Business Dictionarynon-standardˌnon-ˈstandard adjective not the usual size or typeThe company is to introduce a non-standard week, which would make Saturday and Sunday regular work days.
ˌnon-ˈstandard adjectiveChineseSyllable
usually of are ways non-standard Corpus Business speaking not


non-standard
ˌnon-ˈstandard adjective
1. non-standard ways of speaking are not usually considered to be correct by educated speakers of a language:
    Non-standard dialects of English are regional dialects.
2. not the usual size or type:
    a non-standard disk size


non-standardBrE /ˌnɒn ˈstændəd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnɑːn ˈstændərd/ 🔊 adjective(of language 语言) not considered correct by most educated people 非标准的;不规范的non-standard dialects不规范的方言non-standard English非标准英语   compare standard adjective (4) not the usual size, type, etc. (尺寸、型号等)不标准的,非常用的The paper was of non-standard size. 这种纸的大小不标准。🔊🔊


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