| 单词 | average |
| 释义 | adjective | noun | verb averageaverage1 /ˈævrɪdʒ/ ●●● S2 W1 adjective 1[only before noun] math the average amount is the amount you get when you add together several quantities and divide this by the total number of quantities: an average price of $9,000 What’s the average rainfall in this area?2an average amount or quantity is not unusually big or small: of average height/size etc. I’d say he was of average height.3having qualities that are typical of most people or things: theories that the average person can understand In an average week, I drive about 250 miles.► see thesaurus at normal14informal neither very good nor very bad: an average performance adjective | noun | verb averageaverage2 ●●● S2 W2 noun (abbreviation avg.) 1[countable] math the amount calculated by adding together several quantities, and then dividing this amount by the total number of quantities: The average of 2, 4, and 9 is 5. Prices have risen by an average of 1.5%.the national/state/global etc. average The national average is a salary of about $20,000 per year.2on average based on a calculation about how many times something usually happens, how much money someone usually gets, how often people usually do something, etc.: On average, men are taller than women by several inches. Japanese people, on average, live longer than Europeans.3[countable, uncountable] the usual level or amount for most people or things in a group: above/below average (=better or worse than most other people’s) Paula’s grades are well above average.higher/lower than average higher than average levels of unemployment [Origin: 1700–1800 average (fair sharing out of costs resulting from) damage to or loss of a ship or the goods it carries (15–20 centuries), from French avarie, from Arabic 'awariyah damaged goods] → see also law (10) adjective | noun | verb averageaverage3 ●●○ verb [linking verb] 1to usually do something, or usually happen a particular number of times, or usually be a particular size or amount: I average about 25,000 miles a year in the car. These fish average about two inches in length.2math to calculate the average of quantitiesaverage out phrasal verb1math if a set of numbers averages out to a particular number, or you average them out, their average is calculated to be that number: 650,000 teachers have been hired over five years; that averages out to 130,000 a year.2something averages out used to say that sometimes there is more of one thing, amount, activity, etc. than at other times, but that there is a balance over a longer period of time: Sometimes I pay for the food – sometimes she does. It all averages out. |
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