average
average 英 [ˈævərɪdʒ] 美 [ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ]
n. 平均；平均数 adj. 平均的； vt. 算出…的平均数；
进行时:averaging 过去式:averaged 过去分词:averaged 第三人称单数:averages 名词复数:averages
- 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.
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- n. 平均；平均数
- adj. 平均的；
- vt. 算出…的平均数；
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1. an average cost，an average price
平均成本╱价格
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2. at an average speed of 100 miles per hour
以平均每小时 100 英里的速度
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3. children of above/below average intelligence
高于╱低于一般智力的儿童
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4. £20 for dinner is about average.
花 20 英镑吃正餐算是价格一般。
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5. I was just an average sort of student.
我只是一个普通的学生。
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6. He was attractive and averagely intelligent.
他讨人喜欢，智力一般。
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7. The average of 4, 5 and 9 is 6.
*4、5、9 三个数的平均数是 6。
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8. 400 people a year die of this disease on average.
平均每年有 400 人死于这种疾病。
- average (adj.) 1770, "estimated by averaging," from average (n.). By 1803 as "equal in amount to the sum of all particular quantities divided by the number of them," hence "of medium character."
- average (n.) late 15c., "any small charge over freight cost, payable by owners of goods to the master of a ship for his care of the goods," also "financial loss incurred through damage to goods in transit," from French avarie "damage to ship," and Italian avaria. A word from 12c. Mediterranean maritime trade (compare Spanish averia), of uncertain origin; sometimes traced to Arabic 'awariya "damaged merchandise." Dutch avarij, German haferei, etc., also are from Romanic languages. "Few words have received more etymological investigation" [OED].
- average (v.) 1769, "to amount to," from average (n.). By 1831 as "find the arithmetical mean of unequal quantities;" 1914 as "divide among a number proportionately" (usually with out). Related: Averaged; averaging.
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