average

【发音】

美 /'ævərɪdʒ/ 英 /'ævərɪdʒ/

【翻译】

1. adj.平均的；平常的

   英释:the average amount is the amount you get when you add together several quantities and divide this by the total number of quantities

2. v. 平均

   英释:to usually do something or usually happen a particular number of times, or to usually be a particular size or amount

3. n.平均数，平均

   英释:the amount calculated by adding together several quantities, and then dividing this amount by the total number of quantities

【短语】

1. an average of : 平均是…

2. an average : 一般说来；平均起来

3. on average : 平均；普通，通常

4. average level : 平均水平，平均能级

5. average price : 平均价格

6. moving average : 移动平均数

7. average temperature : 平均温度

8. average age : 平均年龄

9. above the average : 在一般水平(或平均数)以上

10. average value : 平均值

11. on the average : 平均而言；一般说来

12. below the average : 在一般水平(或平均数)以下

13. weighted average : [数]加权平均数

14. annual average : 年平均；累年平均

15. average number : 平均数，平均值

16. above average : 平均以上；在一般水准以上

17. average cost : [经]平均成本；[计]平均代价

18. average rate : 平均价格；平均汇率

19. average power : 平均功率

20. dow jones industrial average : 道琼斯工业平均指数

【例句】

1. The age of the candidates ranged from 29 to 49 with an average age of 37.

   候选人的年龄29岁至49岁不等，平均37岁。

2. The average cost of making a movie has risen by 15%.

   制作一部影片的平均成本上升了15%。

3. Last winter was colder than average.

   去年冬天比平常冷。

4. The cars were being sold at an average price of $11,000.

   这些汽车的平均售价是1.1万美元。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...with the average household reducing their toilet roll spending from £43 in 2014 to £41 in 2015...

2. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...they seem to be no better than average at recalling impersonal information...

3. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...I definitely feel things more strongly than the average person...

4. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...And people who elect to track their sleep may try to get more sleep than the average person...

5. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Books--especially books the average person could afford--haven't been around long enough to produce evolutionary change in humans...

6. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...There are now large strips of the country where daycare for an infant costs more than a tenth of the average married couple's income...

7. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...schools can still meet the guidelines by having the numbers average out over a week of lunches...

8. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...For starters they’re heavy, with the average physics textbook weighing 3.6 pounds...

9. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...especially when you factor in the average college student's limited budget...

10. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Experts tend to agree that for the average student...

11. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Car owners who rent their vehicles to others using RelayRides make an average of $250 a month; some make more than $1...

12. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...the average nevertiree often has no one forcing his hand...

13. (2012.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...small schools-most of them with about 400 kids each with an average enrollment of only 150 per grade...

14. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...We’re a nation that’s sweet on sugar: the average US adult downs 22 teaspoons of sugar a day...

15. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...milk or 100% fruit juices haven’t had the intended effect of steering kids away from drinking sugared drinks: the average teen consumes about 300 calories per day — that’s nearly 15% of his daily calories — in sweetened drinks...

16. (2009.6 • CET4 • • 写作题)...knowledge and history with every average person in our society...

17. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...It’s the average American middle-class family who’s being priced out of the market...

18. (2008.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...you will die on average five years before a woman...

【同、近义词】

1. n.平均；[数]平均数；[保险]海损

   evenness/typical value/

2. adj.[数]平均的；普通的

   mean/ordinary/general/