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average

英  [ˈævərɪdʒ]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 平均的

    An average price or number is the result that you get when you add two or more prices or numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.

    近义词

    mean

    双语例句

    例：

    The average price of goods rose by just 2.2.

    商品的平均价格仅上涨了2.2。

    例：

    The average age for a woman to have her first child was 29.

    妇女生育第一个孩子的平均年龄为29岁。

    2. 通常的 , 平常的

    An average amount or quality is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people.

    双语例句

    例：

    $2.20 for a beer is average.

    一瓶啤酒2.2美元是一般价位。

    例：

    a woman of average height.

    一个中等个头的女人。

    3. 普通的

    An average person or thing is typical or normal.

    近义词

    typical

    双语例句

    例：

    The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day.

    一个普通成年男子每天消耗1500到2000卡路里热量。

    例：

    Packaging is about a third of what is found in an average British dustbin.

    包装大约占了英国一般垃圾桶内垃圾的三分之一。

    4. 平平的

    Something that is average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better.

    双语例句

    例：

    I was only average academically.

    我的学业成绩只能算平平。

    NOUN. 名词

  • averages

    1. [C 可数名词] 平均数

    An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.

    近义词

    mean

    双语例句

    例：

    Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.

    取那些比率的平均数再乘以100。

    例：

    The school's results are above the national average.

    该校的成绩高于全国平均水平。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 平均值

    You use average to refer to a number or size that varies but is always approximately the same.

    双语例句

    例：

    It takes an average of ten weeks for a house sale to be completed.

    销售一幢房子平均需要10周的时间。

    3. [SING 单数型名词] 一般水平

    An amount or quality that is the average is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people.

    近义词

    norm

    双语例句

    例：

    35 of staff time was being spent on repeating work, about the average for a service industry.

    员工35的时间花费在重复劳动上，大约是服务业的一般水平。

    例：

    Most areas suffered more rain than usual, with Northern Ireland getting double the average for the month.

    大部分地区的降雨量超过了通常水平，北爱尔兰本月的降雨量更达到了平均值的两倍。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • on average

    1. 按平均值

    You say on average to indicate that a number is the average of several numbers.

    双语例句

    例：

    Shares rose, on average, by 38.

    股价平均上涨了38。

    VERB. 动词

  • averages , averaging , averaged

    1. [T 及物动词] 平均为

    To average a particular amount means to do, get, or produce that amount as an average over a period of time.

    双语例句

    例：

    We averaged 42 miles per hour.

    我们平均时速为42英里。

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