昂立外语【新概念培训】分享average,average这个名字在新概念的学习中一定不陌生,可是这个词还有着你完全想不到的意思,你知道吗?
先来看一篇 来自BBC news:The total value of world income is closing in on $70 trillion per year, and there are seven billion people in the world, so the average income is heading towards $10,000 (£6,273) per person per year. (quoted from Where are you on the global pay scale? By Ruth Alexander)
今天跟各位分享average这个词,下面大家就跟着Jocelyn老师一起来回忆一下我们新概念课文中出现的average吧!
L72 A car called Bluebird: After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour.
课文中还有一句:His average speed had been 301 miles per hour.
那么average有没有其他用法呢?让我们来总结一下吧~~
① adj. 平均的 e.g. Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.
② adj. 普通的 e.g. I was only average academically.
③ n. 均值 e.g. Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.
④ v. (一段时间)平均值为 e.g. We averaged 42 miles per hour.
词组:on average 总体上:e.g. On average, American firms remain the most productive in the world.
近义词辨析:
medium, middle, average
这些形容词均含“中等的,平均的,适中的”之意。
medium: 指按照某种标准来说是适中或中等的。这种标准可以是通过仪器测量而来,也可能是凭经验而得出。
middle:一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。
average: 通常用来形容优劣难分的平庸或折衷情况,也指理论上的平均标准。
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