N-COUNT [usually singular](人、活动、思想等的)主流,主要倾向,主要趋势 People, activities, or ideas that are part of the mainstream are regarded as the most typical, normal, and conventional because they belong to the same group or system as most others of their kind. (人、活动、思想等的)主流,主要倾向,主要趋势
...people outside the economic mainstream.
经济主流之外的人
This was the company's first step into the mainstream of scientific and commercial computing.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MAINSTREAM | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤cultural, political, etc.文化、政治等主流VERB + MAINSTREAM➤enter, hit, join, reach進入主流➤cut sb/sth off from, exclude sb/sth from將⋯排除在主流之外◇These teachers have been cut off from the mainstream of educational activity.這些老師被排除在教育活動的主流之外。PREPOSITION➤in the mainstream, within the mainstream在主流中;屬於主流◇He was in the mainstream of British contemporary music.他的音樂屬於英國當代音樂的主流。➤into the mainstream進入主流◇This technology was designed for specialists but is now starting to move into the mainstream.這種技術原本是為專家設計的,但現在卻漸漸成為主流。➤out of the mainstream, outside the mainstream在主流之外◇He drifted out of the mainstream of society.他漸漸偏離了社會的主流。PHRASES➤part of the mainstream主流的組成部份◇This style of drama is not part of the cultural mainstream.這種戲劇風格不屬於文化主流。