单词 | average |
释义 | average (once / 93 pages) 1nadjv 2adj If something is average, it's ordinary and not very special. You might say a movie was average if you thought it was just okay. Average can describe what's true most of the time, as in, “The average rainfall in Seattle is fifty-two inches.” It can also be used in a mathematical and more precise way. On his English tests, Dylan received grades of 92%, 85% and 94%. His average grade was 90%, or the sum of the test scores divided by the number of tests taken. WORD FAMILYaverage: averaged, averagely, averageness, averages, averaging USAGE EXAMPLESThough he averaged more than 300 yards off the tee, Walker ranked 183rd in driving accuracy, hitting 48 percent of his fairways. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) Notre Dame’s Lindsay Allen began the game ranked No. 8 nationally with an average of 7.2 assists and finished the game with eight. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The average private sector income in Finland is €3,500 per month, according to official data. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual he is about average in height the snowfall this month is below average Hyper scale value a value on some scale of measurement 2n a statistic describing the location of a distribution Syn|Hypo|Hyper norm age norm the average age at which particular performances are expected to appear modal value, modethe most frequent value of a random variable median, median valuethe value below which 50% of the cases fall mean, mean valuean average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n arithmetic mean, expectation, expected value, first momentthe sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values geometric meanthe mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product harmonic meanthe mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers statistic a datum that can be represented numerically 3n (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities Hypo|Hyper batting average, hitting average (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat fielding average(baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance; the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances ratio the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) 4adj around the middle of a scale of evaluation an orange of average size Syn intermediate, medium moderate being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme 5adj approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value the average income in New England is below that of the nation of average height for his age Syn mean normal conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal 6adj relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution Syn modal normal conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal 7adj relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values) Syn median normal conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal 8v amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40 Syn|Hyper average out add up, amount, come, number, total add up in number or quantity 9v achieve or reach on average He averaged a C Hyper accomplish, achieve, attain, reach to gain with effort 10v compute the average of 2Syn|Hyper average out calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out make a mathematical calculation or computation 1adj lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered average people Syn ordinary common having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual 2adj lacking exceptional quality or ability a novel of average merit the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average Syn fair, mediocre, middling ordinary not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
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