lowest common denominator (lowestcommondenominators)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you describe a plan or policy as the lowest common denominator, you are critical of it because it has been deliberately made too simple so that nobody will disagree. 为迎合所有人而刻意简化的计划(或政策) [usu sing] [表不满]

  例：

  Although the plan received unanimous approval, this does not mean that it represents the lowest common denominator.

  尽管该计划获得一致赞同，但这并不说明它为迎合大众而做了刻意简化。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you say that something is designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, you are critical of it because it is designed to be liked by the majority of people. 迎合大众口味的东西 [usu sing] [表不满]

  例：

  Tabloid newspapers pander to the lowest common denominator.

  小报都竭力迎合大众口味。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） In mathematics, the lowest common denominator is the smallest number that all the numbers on the bottom of a particular group of fractions can be divided into. 最小公分母 [技术]