average

['ævəridʒ]

n.平均数, 平均水平
adj.平均的, 一般的, 通常的
v.取平均值, 达到平均水平

n.

1. 平均, 平均数[C]

An average of two students are absent each day.

平均每天有两个学生缺席。

2. 一般, 普通; 中等[C][U]

3. 平均分, 成功率[C][U]

4. 【商】海损

a.

1. 平均的[Z][B]

The average age of the boys in this class is fifteen.

这个班级中男生的平均年龄为十五岁。

2. 一般的, 普通的; 中等的

It was an average piece of work.

那是一件普通的产品。

3. 【商】按海损法规估价的

vt.

1. 算出……的平均数, 将……平均分配

2. 平均达到, 平均做到

He averaged nine hours' work a day.

他平均每天工作九小时。

3. 使平衡

vi.

平均为[L]

The rainfall there averages 300 mm a year.

那儿的年降雨量平均每年为三百毫米。

词形变化

副词: averagely | 名词: averageness | 动词过去式: averaged | 动词过去分词: averaged | 动词现在分词: averaging | 动词第三人称单数: averages |

词义辨析

同义:

a.一般的, 普通的

usual  common  ordinary  general  passable  fair

a.中等的

middle  medium  mean  moderate  

同义参见:

par  fair  mean  normal  mediocre  everyday  medial  commonplace  tolerable  

反义:

n.平均数; 普通; 中等

maximum  minimum  

反义参见:

special  

英英释义

名词 average:

a statistic describing the location of a distribution

同义词：norm

动词 average:

amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

同义词：average out

achieve or reach on average

compute the average of

同义词：average out

形容词 average:

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

同义词：mean

lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

同义词：ordinary

lacking exceptional quality or ability

同义词：fair, mediocre, middling

around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures

同义词：intermediate, medium

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

同义词：modal

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)

同义词：median

短语词组

above average

1. 平均以上

Her brother is above average in his reading ability.

他的阅读能力在平均水平以上。

below average

1. 平均以下

The amount of snow this year has been below average.

今年的降雪量低于平均水平。

on average

1. 平均上

We received 20 calls a day on average.

我们平均每天接到二十个电话。

补充

averageaverage英:[ˈævəridʒ] 美:[ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ]adj.1.平均的2.平常的, 普通的There was nothing special about the meal; it was average.饭菜没什么特别, 挺平常的。n.1.平均; 平均数An average of 1500 persons pass here every day.每天平均有1500个人经过此地。He spends on the average two hours a day on reading.他平均每天用两小时读书。vt.1.求…的平均数If you average 4, 5 and 9, you get 6.如果你求4, 5和9的平均数, 得6。We average eight hours' work a day.我们每天平均工作八小时。link v.1.平均为, 平均达The rainfall averages 1000mm a year.年平均降雨量为1000毫米。

例句

1. It takes an average of ten weeks for a house sale to be completed.售出一幢房子平均需要10周时间。 2. On average, he goes twice a week.他平均一周去两次。 3. American shares rose, on average, by 38%.美国股票价格平均上涨了38％。 4. Tom's marks have been above average in all the tests.汤姆所有考试的分数都高于平均分。 5. The school was below average in its GCSE results.这所学校的普通中等教育证书考试成绩低于平均水平。 6. This is about the average for American drivers.这大致是美国驾车者的平均水平。 7. The average for June is 2cm of rainfall.6月份的平均降雨量是20毫米。 8. The average of 11, 14, and 20 is 15.11、14和20的均值是15。 9. Take the average of those amounts.取这些数的均值。 10. the Dow Jones average道琼斯平均指数 11. Their average age was 63.他们平均年龄63岁。 12. the average national wage全国平均工资 13. The average price rose by 2.2%.平均价格上涨了2.2％。 14. the average American car owner美国一般的私家车拥有者 15. I was only average academically.我的学习成绩仅为中等水平。 16. We averaged 42 km/h.我们的平均时速为42公里。 17. pay increases averaging 9.75%平均9.75％的工资增长幅度 18. They average ten times the output of European factories.它们的产量平均是欧洲那些工厂的10倍。 19. They averaged the profits among the staff.他们把收益给员工平分了。 20. to average as expected如所预料平均为 21. The children average seven years of age.这些孩子平均年龄为7岁。 22. a colour averaging a pink一种浓淡适度的粉红色 23. I averaged the price of meat in four neighbourhood stores.我算出附近4家商店的猪肉平均价格。 24. If you average 4, 6 and 11,you get 7 .如果你将4，6和11平均，你即得7。 25. to average five hours of sleep a night每晚平均睡5小时 26. Wheat averages 56 pounds to a bushel.小麦平均 56 磅为一蒲式耳。 27. The attendants at the festival was averaged at about one hundred persons.参加节庆的人大约有百人之众。 28. They averaged the loss among themselves.他们平均分担损失。 29. the proportion of over—60s is above the EU average of 19 per cent.60岁以上的人口比例已经超过欧盟平均比例的19％。 30. underground water reserves are below average.地下水储备已低于正常水平。 31. they take about thirty minutes on average.通常情况下他们要用30分钟左右。 32. the average temperature in May was 4°C below normal.5月的平均气温比正常气温低4℃。 33. a woman of average height.中等身高的妇女。 34. the average lad likes a good night out.一般小伙子都喜欢出去享受夜晚。 35. a very average director making very average movies.一个制作一般影片的平庸导演。 36. annual inflation averaged 2. 4 per cent.年通货膨胀平均达到2．4%。 37. the women earned only £35 weekly when their seasonal earnings were averaged out.按季平均收入计算，妇女们每周只挣35英镑。 38. it is reasonable to hope that the results will average out.希望结果能平均分配，这很合理。 39. the cost should average out at about £6 per page.费用应该平均为每页六英镑。 40. The average of 14, 3 and 1 is 6(= 18 divided by 3 is 6).14、3和1的平均数是6。 41. What's the average age of your students?你的学生的平均年龄是多少？ 42. If we average 50 miles an hour we should arrive at about 4 o'clock.如果我们以平均每小时50英里计算，我们当可在4点钟左右到达。 43. "The average of 16, 8, and 6 is 10."*16、8和6的平均数是10。 44. Take all these temperatures and find their average.把这些温度都测一下，算出它们的平均数。 45. "An average of 2,000 people attended the show each night."平均每晚有2000人观看了这场演出。 46. Prices have increased on average about eight percent.价格平均增长百分之八。 47. "On average, women live longer than men."女性平均比男性寿命长。 48. (US) He saves on the average about five percent of his income.他平均把收入的百分之五存起来。 49. His work has been better/worse than average. = His work has been above/below average.他的工作表现一直高于/低于平均水平。 50. His work has been above the average.他的工作表现一直高于平均水平。 51. Take all these temperatures and find the average temperature.把这些温度都测一下，并算出平均温度。 52. The investment had a higher average return.这项投资有较高的平均回报。 53. The average age of the company's employees is 36.这家公司的员工平均年龄是36岁。 54. The average woman lives longer than the average man.普通女性比普通男性寿命长。 55. Do you know what the average person earns?你知道一般人挣多少钱吗？ 56. an average day普通的一天 57. the average American family/home buyer普通的美国家庭/住房购买者 58. He's just your average guy. [=he is a typical or ordinary guy]他只是个普通人。 59. It wasn't your average snowstorm. [=it was worse than an ordinary snowstorm]这不是一场普通的暴风雪。 60. He's not your average salesman. [=he is unusual]他可不是一般的销售人员。 61. Sales were about average for the industry on the whole.销售额大约达到了整个行业的中等水平。 62. average grades are not good enough to get you into graduate school.成绩平平就无法考取研究生。 63. She was an average student.她是一名中等生。 64. She thought the performance was just average.她觉得这场演出的水平一般。 65. The children in that class average four feet in height. [=the average height of the children is 4 feet]那个班级的孩子们平均身高是四英尺。 66. Her daily commute averages 40 minutes. [=the average length of her daily commute is 40 minutes]她每天的上下班通勤平均要花40分钟。 67. We average six calls a day. [=we get six calls a day on average]我们平均一天接听六个电话。 68. The teacher averaged the students' grades.老师计算了学生的平均分数。 69. What figure do you get when you average the amount of rainfall for the last three months?算一下最近三个月的降雨量的平均值，得出什么结果？ 70. The irregularities averaged out over the course of the study.整个研究过程中，不规则呈均衡分布。 71. "Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. It all averages out [=evens out] in the end."你有时赢，有时输。最终会扯平。 72. The gain averaged out to 20 percent.利润平均为20%。