| 单词 | average |
| 释义 | average (ævərɪdʒ ) Word forms: averages , averaging , averaged 1. countable noun B1+ 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. Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred. [+ of] Average is also an adjective. The average price of goods rose by just 2.2%. The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5. 2. singular noun B1+ You use average to refer to a number or size that varies but is always approximately the same. It takes an average of ten weeks for a house sale to be completed. [+ of] 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 An average person or thing is typical or normal. The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day. Packaging is about a third of what is found in an average British dustbin. Synonyms: usual, common, standard, general 4. singular noun B2 An amount or quality that is the average is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people. Most areas suffered more rain than usual, with Northern Ireland getting double the average for the month. Average is also an adjective. £2.20 for a coffee is average. ...a woman of average height. 5. adjective Something that is average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better. I was only average academically. Synonyms: mediocre, fair, ordinary, moderate averagely adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb, ADVERB after verb] Most children are not geniuses or stars. They just do averagely well. The songs are performed averagely, although the band seem to be enjoying themselves. 6. verb To average a particular amount means to do, get, or produce that amount as an average over a period of time. We averaged 42 miles per hour. [VERB noun] ...pay increases averaging 9.75%. [VERB noun] Synonyms: make on average, be on average, even out to, do on average 7. on average/on an average phrase B2 You say on average or on an average to indicate that a number is the average of several numbers. American shares rose, on average, by 38%. On an average we would be spending £200 per day. 8. on average phrase If you say that something is true on average, you mean that it is generally true. On average, American firms remain the most productive in the world. Synonyms: usually, generally, normally, typically 9. law of averages phrase The law of averages is the idea that something is sure to happen at some time, because of the number of times it generally happens or is expected to happen. On the law of averages we just can't go on losing. Phrasal verbs: average out phrasal verb If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure. Last year the Police lost nearly 27,000 hours to sick leave, which averages out at eight days per officer. [V P + to/at] Averaging it out between us there's less than £10 a month each to live on. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Collocations: average drop Among those reporting an effect on alcohol sales, there was an average drop in trade of nearly 11 per cent. Times, Sunday Times The average drop will increase to 61.7 per cent by 2030 as inadequate savings take their toll, the think-tank study found. Times, Sunday Times For the top 100 companies, the average drop in rank was even more precipitous---a fall of 54 points. Outlook India Sixty-two per cent of councils have cut back on roadworks, street lights and school crossings since last year, with an average drop of 900,000. The Sun The fall, to 470 billion, was more than double the average drop of 1.3 billion each month for the previous six months. Times, Sunday Times You cannot go into the last 16 and play an average game. The Sun The average game had only 2.2 goals, a record low that still stands. Times,Sunday Times I thought we did well enough to get something out of an average game full of fatigued players. The Sun In an average game against a former team, a player will tackle 15.21 per cent more. Times, Sunday Times They were not put off by the average game taking several hours, with the record at 70 days. The Sun Based on average high street pricing, it will pay for itself after scanning approximately 11 rolls of 36 exposure negatives or 73 slides. Times, Sunday Times It came on the day a litre of diesel hit a record average high of 144.21p. The Sun I now avoid any bookshop that has piped music, which seems to rule out those on the average high street. Times, Sunday Times Motorists are already struggling with petrol prices at an all-time average high of 140.2p. The Sun Average high temperatures can come from different sorts of weather patterns, such as warm nights rather than exceptionally hot days. Times, Sunday Times Most nights are cool and days are warm with an average low and high of and, respectively. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Summer temperatures in the warmest month are pleasant with an average high of and an average low of. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the case of navigable waters, title goes to the average low water mark. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For economy, these systems are designed for average low winter temperatures and use supplemental heating for extreme low temperature conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Summers are usually hot, with temperatures averaging low 90s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most fell well short of average performance scores in their category. Times,Sunday Times It was a superb occasion but it was only an average performance. Times, Sunday Times We lost two out of our three prep matches, and started the tournament with an average performance followed by a nightmare performance. Times, Sunday Times Yet another average performance delivered by an under-achieving team and yet another mediocre manager behind the shambles. The Sun It was a shame for the goalkeeper, who otherwise had a faultless match, but it was the rest of the team's average performance that did the damage. Times, Sunday Times He outdistanced the average player by 205.8 metres and covered 11,039.1 metres in total, the eighth farthest of any individual on the pitch. Times, Sunday Times On average in their first season, the foreign players added 0.88 points more than the average player in the same position. Times, Sunday Times There are expected to be about 8,500 players this year, so the odds on an average player winning are one in 8,500. Times, Sunday Times For an average player, the club would probably be looking at him returning in pre-season. Times,Sunday Times He has lost 8.1 points compared to an average player. Times, Sunday Times They are just playing like an average team, constantly stopping to ask directions. Times, Sunday Times He scored 132 goals in 169 league games even in an average team. Times,Sunday Times Yet, struggling against injuries, his own mortality and an average team around him, he still found the moment. Times, Sunday Times Last night they were an average team, in an average competition, playing average football. The Sun They are just an average team. The Sun Just over one in seven fires (16%) was the result of arson, meaning there are five arsons in an average week. Christianity Today Calculate the cost of the electricity used in an average week to run one escalator. Times, Sunday Times In the average week we head out for a pint at least twice, taking a total of three hours, 34 mins. The Sun But in an average week he will check the progress of the most critical investigations the other 16 commissioners are handling. Times, Sunday Times Footballers are ingenious (especially mid-table survivalists) and, in the average week, have a lot of hours to burn on the training ground. Times, Sunday Times It also aims to change the final salary link to a career average rather than earnings at retirement. Times, Sunday Times By making only 17 runs in the match, his career average fell below 50 for the first time in two years. Times, Sunday Times Final-salary schemes pay out a pension based the level of an employee's pay at retirement or their career average earnings. Times, Sunday Times However, just 3% of the public sector workers polled said they were aware that a career average scheme was still a defined benefit scheme. Times, Sunday Times That leaves him with a career average of 48.57 in 63 matches. The Sun Profits grew until they were 50 per cent higher than the industry average. Times,Sunday Times Sales tend to be more stable and margins more generous than the house-building industry average. Times, Sunday Times The industry average for 2010 was about $100 a carat. Times, Sunday Times The industry average has, however, fallen from 19 per cent in 2014 to 10.7 per cent in the same three months last year. Times, Sunday Times All new employees attend a five-day programme, where they learn about each department and the company spends three times the industry average on training graduates. Times, Sunday Times Long-term average growth in self-employment up to 2007, the beginning of the crisis, amounted to about 40,000 a year. Times, Sunday Times Rainfall reached only 41 per cent of the long-term average for the month. Times, Sunday Times But the index remains above its long-term average, pointing to healthy growth. Times, Sunday Times Broadly, a cycle starts and ends where output grows above the long-term average of growth. Times, Sunday Times This compares with a ratio of about three to one in each of the previous three months and a long-term average of 3.5 to one. Times, Sunday Times Fringe areas have managed a 2% increase — still better than the national average, which is a 6% drop. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The dropout rate has been coming down significantly, the latest projection being only just above the national average for the university's subjects and entry qualifications. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Unemployment rates are roughly the national average, but though the shopping arcade appears busy, at least half the shops in the centre have closed. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The most common salary bracket for under 30s is earning 26-30 k per year, topping the national average of 27,000. The Sun (2012) London's unemployment rate, at 6.6%, is above the national average. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It was the highlight of my journey and improved my overall average fuel economy by a full 2mpg. Times, Sunday Times Together, their average international sales account for 52% of overall average revenues. Times, Sunday Times The overall average green score remains well above the 69.8% recorded in our first survey in 2008. Times, Sunday Times The overall average of 31 hours' study a week equates to about 900 hours a year, assuming terms of 29 weeks. Times, Sunday Times After that date, pay for some could fall but the government promised that basic pay would then rise again to preserve the overall average. Times, Sunday Times We spend an average of £573 on gifts, with the cost of food, drink, and parties on top. The Sun It has 3.5 million customers, who spend an average of 34 a month each. Times, Sunday Times Young people spend an average of 100 a month trying to look like their favourite celebrity, a survey suggests. Times, Sunday Times Two-thirds of adults will hit the shops and spend an average of 152 each, the survey found. The Sun The average cost of a wedding increases yearly and couples now spend an average of 17,740 on their weddings, including the honeymoon. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 平均的, 平均数, 平均为 Japanese: 平均の, 平均, 平均する |
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