1 N-COUNT 平均數;均值 An
average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.
平均數;均值 Average is also an adjective.
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The average price of goods rose by just 2.2%.
商品平均價格只上漲了2.2%。
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Of America's million millionaires in 1985, the average age was 63.
1985年美國上百萬的百萬富翁的平均年齡是63歲。
2 N-SING 約數;平均值 You use
average to refer to a number or size that varies but is always approximately the same.
約數;平均值 3 ADJ [ADJ n] 一般的;通常的;普通的 An
average person or thing is typical or normal.
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The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day.
普通成年男子每天消耗的熱量爲1,500到2,000卡路裏。
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Packaging is about a third of what is found in an average British dustbin.
英國垃圾桶裏平均約有1/3是産品包裝。
4 N-SING 正常數量;一般水平 An amount or quality that is
the average is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people.
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Most areas suffered more rain than usual, with Northern Ireland getting double the average for the month.
大部分地區降雨超過通常水平,北愛爾蘭地區本月的降水量則爲平均值的兩倍。
Average is also an adjective.
5 ADJ-GRADED 普通的;尋常的;一般的 Something that is
average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better.
普通的;尋常的;一般的 averagely -
Most children are not geniuses or stars. They just do averagely well.
大多數孩子既不是天才也不是明星,他們只是表現平平。
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The songs are performed averagely, although the band seem to be enjoying themselves.
歌曲演唱得很一般,不過樂隊好像很自我陶醉。
6 VERB (一段時間内)平均值爲 To
average a particular amount means to do, get, or produce that amount as an average over a period of time.
(一段時間内)平均值爲 SYN make on average, be on average, even out to, do on average
7 PHRASE 平均起來;按平均值 You say
on average or
on an average to indicate that a number is the average of several numbers.
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American shares rose, on average, by 38%.
美國股票價格平均上漲了38%。
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On an average we would be spending £300 per day.
平均下來,我們每天要花費300英鎊。
8 PHRASE 基本上;大體上 If you say that something is true
on average, you mean that it is generally true.
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