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单词 average
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average

adjective
 OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈævərɪdʒ/
/ˈævərɪdʒ/
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  1.  
     [only before noun] calculated by adding several amounts together, finding a total, and dividing the total by the number of amounts
    • The average age of participants was 52 years.
    • an average rate/cost/price
    • an average annual income/wage/salary
    • Average daily summer temperatures are about 20°C .
    • Average earnings are around £20 000 per annum.
    • The school has an average class size of 24 students.
    • at an average speed of 100 miles per hour
    Topics Maths and measurementa2
  2.  
     typical or normal
    • above/below average something children of below average intelligence
    • £20 for dinner is about average.
    • The average person can't afford a $60 bottle of wine every night.
    • 40 hours is a fairly average working week for most people.
    Extra Examples
    • an above average climb in prices
    • On an average day they sell more than £2 000 worth of vegetables.
  3.  
     ordinary; not special
    • I was just an average sort of student.
    • The route is for walkers of average ability.
    • The quality has been pretty average (= not very good).
    4. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French avarie ‘damage to ship or cargo’, earlier ‘customs duty’, from Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awār ‘damage to goods’; the suffix -age is on the pattern of damage. Originally this referred to a tax on exported goods. The meaning later changed so that it referred to money due from goods that had been lost or damaged at sea. It referred specifically to the way the losses were divided between the owners of the vessel and the owners of the cargo (late 16th cent.). This gave rise to the general sense of calculating the mean (mid 18th cent.).

average

noun
 OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈævərɪdʒ/
/ˈævərɪdʒ/
[countable, uncountable]Idioms
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  1.  
     the result of adding several amounts together, finding a total, and dividing the total by the number of amounts The term average can be used for any number that expresses the central or typical value in a set of data. It is most commonly used to mean the mean, as defined here. However, the median and the mode are also types of average.
    • The average of 4, 5 and 9 is 6.
    • an average of something Parents spend an average of $220 a year on toys.
    • Prices rose by an average of 10 percent over the decade.
    • If I get an A on this essay, that will bring my average (= average mark/grade) up to a B+.
    • Class sizes in the school are below the national average.
    • We will deliver growth in the economy that is higher than the OECD average this year
    • They had higher mortality rates from accidents compared with the national average.
    • Children here score well above the city average on math and reading tests.
    see also batting average, grade point average
    Extra Examples
    • The national average is just over two children per family.
    • You'll have to calculate the average.
    • the student with the best grade point average in his class
    Topics Maths and measurementa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • annual
    • five-year
    • monthly
    • …
    verb + average
    • arrive at
    • calculate
    • compute
    • …
    preposition
    • above average
    • below average
    • on average
    • …
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  2.  
     a level that is usual
    • above/below average Temperatures are above average for the time of year.
    • on average 400 people a year die of this disease on average.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • annual
    • five-year
    • monthly
    • …
    verb + average
    • arrive at
    • calculate
    • compute
    • …
    preposition
    • above average
    • below average
    • on average
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French avarie ‘damage to ship or cargo’, earlier ‘customs duty’, from Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awār ‘damage to goods’; the suffix -age is on the pattern of damage. Originally this referred to a tax on exported goods. The meaning later changed so that it referred to money due from goods that had been lost or damaged at sea. It referred specifically to the way the losses were divided between the owners of the vessel and the owners of the cargo (late 16th cent.). This gave rise to the general sense of calculating the mean (mid 18th cent.).
Idioms
the law of averages
  1. the principle that one thing will happen as often as another if you try enough times
    • Keep applying and by the law of averages you'll get a job sooner or later.

average

verb
 OPAL W
/ˈævərɪdʒ/
/ˈævərɪdʒ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they average
/ˈævərɪdʒ/
/ˈævərɪdʒ/
he / she / it averages
/ˈævərɪdʒɪz/
/ˈævərɪdʒɪz/
past simple averaged
/ˈævərɪdʒd/
/ˈævərɪdʒd/
past participle averaged
/ˈævərɪdʒd/
/ˈævərɪdʒd/
-ing form averaging
/ˈævərɪdʒɪŋ/
/ˈævərɪdʒɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
     average something [no passive] to be equal to a particular amount as an average
    • Economic growth is expected to average 2% next year.
    • Drivers in London can expect to average about 12 miles per hour (= to have that as their average speed).
    • The women averaged 41 points per game.
    • He has averaged 15 goals over the past two seasons.
    • Wages here average less than three dollars an hour.
  2.  
     average something to calculate the average of something
    • Earnings are averaged over the whole period.
    • The items were summed and averaged by the number of items.
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French avarie ‘damage to ship or cargo’, earlier ‘customs duty’, from Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awār ‘damage to goods’; the suffix -age is on the pattern of damage. Originally this referred to a tax on exported goods. The meaning later changed so that it referred to money due from goods that had been lost or damaged at sea. It referred specifically to the way the losses were divided between the owners of the vessel and the owners of the cargo (late 16th cent.). This gave rise to the general sense of calculating the mean (mid 18th cent.).
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