| 单词 | better-than-average |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbetter-than-average P12. Forming attributive phrases with than, as better-than-average, better-than-chance, etc.See also better than ordinary at ordinary adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] > specifically of a thing betterOE better-than-average1725 better-quality1844 better-class1849 better-type1928 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] likelya1400 seemlya1400 probable?a1425 allowablec1443 seeming?c1450 apt1528 topical1594 liking1611 suspicable1651 presumable1655 feasible1656 suspected1706 in the cards1764 on the cards1788 in the dice1844 liable1888 better-than-chance1964 1725 J. Sedgwick New Treat. Liquors vii. 124 The Prescription of Bleeding ought to be from the Hands of a better than six Months educative Understanding. 1829 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. (new ed.) IV. ci. 165 Thirty-four thousand hundred weight of a better than ordinary quality are obtained every year in Hungary. 1848 Prairie Farmer May 156/1 The class of youth I have had under my care would, in some respects, afford a better than average chance for the success of the experiment. 1938 J. Hilton To you, Mr. Chips i. 21 The school was perhaps a better-than-average example, both educationally and structurally, of its type. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Mar. 9/4 A better-than-fair horse, which he..guided to second place..in the $7,500-McClennan. 1964 Language 40 262 A better-than-chance probability that a language will possess certain features. 1994 Investors Chron. 28 Jan. 50/3 Lonrho rose 8p on these better than expected figures. < as lemmas |
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