Definition of average in English:

average

noun ˈav(ə)rɪdʒˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ

1A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number.
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的平均比例，即19％。
Example sentencesExamples
- Data in the figures is an average of the data obtained in the presence and absence of FCS.
- Determine the average per nozzle by dividing the total output by the number of nozzles on the boom.
- Results are above national averages, with pupils particularly shining in this summer's tests for 14-year-olds.
- Across Leeds as a whole results have improved on last year, and the city's schools are above the national average in all three subjects.
- That is more than twice the national average over the past decade - 6 million acres.
- Sutton's senior schools are performing well above the national average, new Government figures reveal.
- Standards in maths are very high and are well above the national average in English and science.
- Student loans are being processed above the national average in Essex.
- A school district Inspector General's report found chaos in the handling of projects and said that consultants' fees were above national averages.
- He said that Bolton's highways are above the national average for cleanliness.
- Chippenham fuel prices are above the national average, reaching 83.9p a litre in some petrol stations.
- To repeat, we measured the perceived overall extent of succession planning by the average of the averages obtained for the five parts of the process.
- St Tiernan's College recorded biology results that were far higher than the national average.
- The school was above the national average in this category.
- Quite why Bradford should be so much above the national average is unclear.
- Home prices in Shanghai are more than twice the national average, and rose by nearly a quarter last year.
- Paradoxically, this is way above the national average 13 for a unitary authority.
- Parents will be given report cards detailing their child's results and placing them in the context of a national average.
- Southampton has made great strides over the past six years in closing the gap between our results and the national averages, and we are proud of this achievement.
- Pupils continue to achieve well in Years 1 and 2 and reach standards in reading, maths and science that match and sometimes exceed national averages and the results of similar schools.
Synonyms
mean, median, mode, midpoint, centre
norm, standard, rule, par
the general run
1. 1.1 An amount, standard, level, or rate regarded as usual or ordinary.
  一般水平，正常水平
  underground water reserves are below average
  地下水储备已低于正常水平。
  they take about thirty minutes on average
  通常情况下他们要用30分钟左右。
  Example sentencesExamples
  On average, the number of drivers speeding at camera sites dropped from 55 per cent to 16.
  On average, we can expect imported television to be of better quality than domestic.
  On average, Pudong consumes 700,000 to 800,000 cubic metres of gas every day.
  Babies who are put in walkers take three weeks longer on average to stand alone and walk than those who come to it naturally, researchers say.
  On average 30 children a year receive treatment for Hodgkin's disease.
  On average 15 people a year die from heart attacks or collapses each year in towns of a similar size.
  On average, Maori life expectancy is 10 years less than that of Pakeha.
  On average, Irish consumers spend €88 each time they use their credit card.
  On average, a 10 minute interval separated each loading cycle.
  On average 5.75 tons of paper are collected from individual areas in the borough each month.
  On average, we consumed more fruit and less vegetables last year, with the potato seeing the biggest plunge in terms of demand.
  In my view, the present case was above average in legal complexity because of some unique issues, but it was not the most complex case on the facts.
  Half of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardised tests.
  On average, the amount for food and clothing accounts for 60 per cent of the money for children.
  On average around three tremors measuring three on the Richter scale strike the UK every year.
  On average, SUVs consume over 6 miles per gallon more than a family station wagon.
  On average there are 12 fatalities a year at level crossings, but the UK has one of the best crossing safety records in Europe.
  Even after the recent rate hikes, real interest rates remain below average compared with consumer price inflation.
  He warned the emission levels were on average in excess of 100 micrograms per cubic metre.
  On average, we can expect lives a bit shorter than those of Greeks, a bit longer than those of Portuguese.
  Synonyms
  normally, usually, ordinarily, generally, generally speaking, in general, for the most part, in most cases, as a rule, typically
  overall, by and large, on the whole, on balance
2mass noun The apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.
（海损的）平均分担
Example sentencesExamples
- Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight.
- But in all other cases where a ship is intentionally run on shore for the common safety, the consequent loss or damage shall be allowed as general average.
- Under General Average, those whose cargo survives a voyage are charged to repay the loss of another shipper whose cargo may have been jettisoned or lost.
- An example of particular average is fire damage to a vessel and cargo aboard the vessel.
1. 2.1 Reduction in the amount payable under an insurance policy, e.g. in respect of partial loss.
  （按保单规定应付赔偿额的）降减，均减
  Example sentencesExamples
  In marine insurance, in the case of a partial loss, or emergency repairs to the vessel, average may be declared.

adjective ˈav(ə)rɪdʒˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ

1Constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts.
平均数，平均值
the average temperature in May was 4°C below normal
5月的平均气温比正常气温低4℃。
Example sentencesExamples
- On the scalp, where hair is usually densest and longest, the average total number of hairs is between 100000 and 150000.
- The results were averaged to determine the average temperature increase for that mill.
- To calculate payment entitlements, the single payment is divided by the average area held by the farmer in the base period.
- As this model is analyzed only in terms of average payoffs, these results are not affected by these assumptions.
- As a result, the average age of first time purchase in the UK is increasing.
- As a result, more radiation is blocked, and the average surface temperature of the earth increases.
- These data show that the total average approval time increased to 213 days from 172 days.
- The primary reason is that using differing time frames to obtain average returns will lead to different results.
- Sex ratio predictions were based on the average temperature during the middle third of incubation.
- Men hold an average total of 21,026 compared with women's average total of 13, 989.
- As a result, the average salary of women constitutes two thirds of men's salaries.
- Mutant frequencies were calculated by dividing the median number of mutants by the average number of total cells.
- The sliding velocity was obtained by dividing the average value of the lengths of tracks by the given period of time.
- All benchmarks were run a total of three times, with the average results shown here today.
- The average total income has also risen by a phenomenal amount.
- As a result, average payouts are expected to rise by about 20% under new rules.
- What this means is that there are inefficiencies within the firm or industry resulting in rising average costs.
- Going on the bank's own figures this will result in an average charge of €50 a year for these customers.
- He pointed out that cold weather over the remainder of the year could bring the average total temperature down.
- The income figures are based on average household earnings divided by population.
Synonyms
mean, median, medial, middle
1. 1.1 Of the usual or ordinary amount, standard, level, or rate.
  普通的，平常的
  a woman of average height
  中等身高的妇女。
  Example sentencesExamples
  How long do members think it will take to pay off that amount, at an average interest rate of 18 percent?
  Thus, lower rates of migration in the population lead to stronger average levels of association.
  Wave equations normally describe an average wave height; they don't describe rogues.
  I would have one single rate of Vat or harmonise our excise duties to the average EU level.
  In determining the expected level of use, consider both the average rates and any surges in use.
  That's about normal for the time of year and is the average level of registrations expected.
  That means sea level has been rising at an average rate of 1.8 millimetres per year.
  This isn't due to a sudden drop in average IQ levels, but to a secret backroom deal between lavvy manufacturers and environmentalists.
  He was of average height by Aetheris standards, with a swimmer's physique, and a handsome face.
  If you have an average level of fitness, that's approximately the length of time it would take you to do two laps of Savannah if you are running.
  Although Perth's average CO level is within the standard, increasing car use will cause the level to rise.
  The fertility rate measures the average number of children women aged 15 to 49 will have in their lifetime.
  Those rates beat the average level of ownership in most European countries.
  According to Greenpeace, the ratio of power consumption to GDP in Bulgaria is nine times the average level in Europe.
  Normally super-fit people, say marathon runners, have an average heart rate of 65.
  Today's average levels are not typical of values throughout human evolution.
  Price airfares and vacation packages on several different sites to see what the average rate is for your travel dates.
  We've already had in excess of twenty people audition, and I'd say the average level of talent is in excess of our expectations.
  It is a long way, and the average height above sea level is more than 2000 metres.
  This average rate of profit, in turn, regulates the prices of production.
  Synonyms
  ordinary, standard, usual, normal, typical, regular, unexceptional
2. 1.2 Having qualities that are seen as typical of a particular person, group, or thing.
  通常的，典型的
  the average lad likes a good night out
  一般小伙子都喜欢出去享受夜晚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Chris Brand reports poll results showing that the average Brit is a lot more tough-minded than the British government.
  The two boys showed a camera crew around their average lad's room with its posters, messy CD racks and superhero bedding.
  An average day at Standard Chartered will involve meetings on forthcoming deals, relations with governments or internal issues.
  Leisure is passé and foolish even for the average teenager today.
  As a result, the average baby is not born at the optimal weight for avoiding an early death.
  As a result, the average photographer is more likely to use the technology and use it successfully.
  As a result, the average citizen today not only feels, but in reality is quite removed from the political process.
  It is even so when they just arrived in a city in which the average water quality is not as good.
  As the great musical icon of the Sixties counterculture, Dylan has always been expected to live up to higher moral standards than the average rocker.
  Fourth, one has to face the fact that the quality of the average PhD is not as good as it might be.
  If you took a caricature of the average teenager and reversed almost every attribute, you would get Elizabeth.
  Your average record store can obtain any CD the vast majority of customers are going to reasonably want.
  Bow Wow may be more famous than the average teenager, but that hasn't made him exempt from life's growing pains.
  This means the average teenager with 20 bucks in his pocket is going to be hard pressed to buy a single CD.
  According to the survey, the quality of the average diet of Chinese people has improved significantly.
  The day was rough by normal standards, that is, the standards of an average Roman citizen who live in Byzantium.
  And since his childhood Gary has gone from strength to strength and now enjoys a range of hobbies like any average teenager.
  This results in the average person being able to do things with computers they've never been able to do before.
  According to a government census the average adult watches a total of about 70 days of TV per year!
  They are your average scally lads, bad hair, tight jeans, unwashed, smelly, drunken.
3. 1.3 Mediocre; not very good.
  平庸的；一般的
  a very average director making very average movies
  一个制作极平庸影片的极平庸导演。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Of course, there are a lot of teachers who are only average, just as there are average dentists and so-so lawyers.
  The seasons, frighteningly unfamiliar to your average cook, are second nature to Susan and Margaret.
  UCD were decidedly average and were second best in a goalless draw.
  Suggests that she only cares about social status, which is actually not as true as the average teen movie would have it.
  This week's quote is from a similarly average movie.
  This task is done in considerable detail, but also with more than adequate explanation for the average player.
  I didn't apply myself, preferring to spend most of high school in a gloom, so I got only average results except in English.
  The Transporter combines decent action with a mediocre story to produce a very average film.
  Some of my time in the weekend was spent watching average movies.
  I don't find the cinema experience awesome enough to warrant sitting through average movies.
  I looked away from the window to see a guy wearing plain, average clothes.
  The stories are out and most groups are sort of satisfied with a pretty average result.
  The full frame video is a carbon copy of years past, with adequate and average colors, definition, and detail.
  What's wrong with being average and mediocre in studies, if you're excellent at life skills?
  It's just your average forgettable movie knockoff of a better movie.
  Mateo has good range defensively at second with only an average arm.
  The first was the flavoring: your average butter, sugar vanilla frosting ingredients.
  It may not make your movie good, but it will make the movie different from your average film.
  In the end too much of the hour is simply spent watching the company logo and films that are no more funny or dramatic than your average home movie.
  Perry is prone to injury, but when he's healthy, he's an adequate defensive player with average power.
  Synonyms
  mediocre, second-rate, uninspired, undistinguished, ordinary, commonplace, middle-of-the-road, mainstream, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, unmemorable, indifferent, humdrum, nothing special, everyday, bland, run-of-the-mill, not very good, pedestrian, prosaic, lacklustre, forgettable, amateur, amateurish
  acceptable, passable, all right, adequate, fair, middling, moderate, tolerable
  North American garden-variety
  informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, fair-to-middling, (plain) vanilla, nothing to write home about, nothing to get excited about, a dime a dozen, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much
  British informal common or garden, not much cop, ten a penny
  North American informal bush-league
  North American &amp Australian/New Zealand informal jake
  New Zealand informal half-pie

verb ˈav(ə)rɪdʒˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ

[with object]

1Amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean.
平均达到
annual inflation averaged 2.4 per cent
年通货膨胀平均达到2.4%。
Example sentencesExamples
- Inflation is expected to average 0.7 per cent this year and 1.1 per cent next year.
- For example, in Canada part-time wages average 55.9 percent of full-time wages.
- It also said that the rate of unemployment is expected to average 4.2 per cent this year and next year.
- He averaged the least amount of playing time he had since his second season.
- At the nearby Lady Tennyson small amounts of copper ore averaging twenty-five to thirty percent were also raised.
- If cities like Manchester and Sheffield can average six per cent, why can't we?
- She had been contracted to average a 20-hour week but was averaging only 15 to 16 hours a week.
- They are demanding pay increases to keep pace with inflation which is currently averaging 3 percent a year.
- The upshot is that the parents of Irish babies are averaging a mere 5.5 hours of unbroken sleep.
- On agricultural goods the custom duty rate will average 74 per cent, the same as last year.
- Angelini said mainland occupancy rates averaged 66 per cent in the first four months of the year.
- A teacher in California maybe averages an annual salary of $52,000.
- The US economy has averaged around four percent annual growth over the past five years.
- The company continues to expand at a rate averaging 30 new stores a month.
- The business now concentrates solely on milk production, averaging an annual output of 2.3 million litres.
- People living in Glasgow city centre boast some of the lowest car-ownership rates, averaging one car for every five adults.
- The German air force claims the Eurofighter has averaged an hour a week in the air.
- Iran has one of the highest road accident rates in the world, averaging five deaths every two hours.
- Later the line moved indoors; we were told that the wait had averaged two hours for the entire day.
- By the end of the year, inflation will average between seven and eight per cent.
1. 1.1 Calculate or estimate the average of.
  计算（或估计）…的平均值
  they earned only £35 weekly when their seasonal earnings were averaged out
  若平均计算妇女们的季节性收入，她们每周只挣35英镑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The calculations were then averaged from questionnaires sent to each woman every two years.
  In this case, the running average was calculated by averaging each point with its neighbor on either side.
  The estimated treatment effects at the four visits were averaged to give a summary estimate of effect over one year.
  Scores for these global scales were calculated by averaging item responses.
  You, in turn, average their estimates and take the result as the collective output.
  Estimates from several modes can be averaged to decrease the experimental error.
  We calculated a mean exclusion probability by averaging the probabilities for individual nests.
  Proportions were first averaged for each nestling with multiple bill load estimates.
  Although this can arise just by chance for some loci, averaging estimates over loci reduces the problem.
  RGR is then calculated for each pair, and the values averaged over all pairs.
  Two area calculations of the same tracing are averaged to determine the wound area.
  Peak exercise variables were calculated by averaging the final 30 seconds of exercise.
  These estimates were calculated for each locus and averaged over all loci.
  First, we calculated the overall mean by averaging the predicted means for each study group.
  Ratios between hydrostatic and osmotic root Lp r were calculated for individual roots which were then averaged.
  Mean values for each trait were calculated by averaging the population replicates for each species.
  Item ratings were averaged to calculate an overall SDO score for each participant.
  In each region, we averaged the estimates of all studies.
  Global scores were calculated by averaging the results of all tests with z scores.
  The growth rates were estimated from coleoptile lengths averaged over two independent experiments.
2. 1.2average outno object Result in an even distribution; even out.
  平均分配
  it is reasonable to hope that the results will average out
  希望结果能平均分配，这很合理。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Running the X-Dream at about the halfway mark performance averages out, and the noise output is very tolerable.
  When the signal is correlated with a dwell time much longer than its frequency, the signal gets effectively averaged out in each dwell time and the calculated correlation function gets damped.
  Thus, during the measurement of the autocorrelation profile the properties of gel and fluid domains may, to a certain degree, be averaged out.
  The hydrofoil surfaces swept up and down producing lift forces which averaged out over the whole cycle to a forwardly directed propulsive resultant force.
  It has been calculated that if the total rainfall over the Earth were averaged out, each place would get something like 800 millimetres of rain a year.
  You just hope that the good averages out the bad.
  In contrast to thermodynamics, where molecular motions can be averaged out over macroscopic scales, genetic details do influence phenotypic evolution.
  The price you pay for units over time averages out - and provided the unit price when you come to cash up your investments is higher than the average you paid for units, you will make a profit.
  The theory goes, says Escherich, that whether one buys high or low, it all averages out.
  It'll be slightly more money, but if it means I use it more then it'll all average out and be worth it in the long run.
  Yes, he went for more than we expected, but some go for more, some for less, and you hope it averages out.
  It is always difficult with a new school in a new area, you can never get it spot on, but the problem does average out over a few years so that there are only local children at the school.
  But we're averaging out across the week and you find out that those individuals will make up the time, they will sleep in extra over the weekend to make up for their own sleep deficit.
  Because the capacity on each parallel ring is shared between the nodes, traffic variations are averaged out - the network is more robust to unforeseen changes in traffic behavior.
  Recording times averaged out quite well over about a month of almost daily use.
  It probably all averages out, with some fluctuations.
  Grown-ups burn more than kids; but it all averages out: 14 floor lamps per person, lit round the clock.
  Every parent should resist the urge to see our kids as extraordinary - each child has talents and develops some skills earlier than others, but most of them average out.
  This involved cutting out a pie-shaped wedge of bone, so it was bent towards my thumb below the knuckle, and then bent the other way at my knuckle, to average out sort of unbent.
  Funny, but the squeakers don't all average out.
3. 1.3average out at/tono object Result in an average figure of.
  平均为
  the cost should average out at about £6 per page
  费用应该平均为每页六英镑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The top six polls' latest results average out at 40.9 percent for the ruling coalition.
  All results were taken 6 times and averaged out to one result over a 48 hour period.
  My subscription is for 1 DVD at a time costing £7.97 per month, but by paying 3 months in advance at a cost of £18.91 the monthly cost averages out at just over £6.30.
  Total transactions on the exchange, which trades in gold and agricultural commodities, more than doubled last year from 388,000 lots in 2003 to 999,000 lots, averaging out at 3,842 lots per day.
  In the first half of 2005 alone, 2,672 miners died in mining-related accidents in China, which averages out to more than one person 14 people per day.
  One vehicle acquired in September 2002 has only done 2,710 recorded miles, averaging out at just under 25 miles a week.
  Now, my circulation figures average out to about 150,000-200,000 readers per month.
  The year has just begun and there have already been more than 60 murders, which averages out to about 4 murders per day.
  While I can appreciate that some tenants may be in temporary difficulties, the total figure is now averaging out at £5 for each council house we own, and this represents a very large sum of money.
  The ideal size on a national basis averages out to 2.4 children per family.
  It averages out to about $3.90 a serving, which doesn't seem too bad (if I got 6 servings out of each, it would be $2.60).
  The compensation is to paid in recognition of the inconvenience caused by additional traffic going to and from the landfill and averages out at 6500 a year.
  That averages out at 9706 a week, or 1386 every single day.
  However, the figure for the year should average out at 2%.
  Today's initial jaunt covered 0.67 of a mile and took 5.5 minutes at a maximum speed of 10 mph, averaging out at 7 mph.
  I don't see anything even slightly wrong with that, as long as the total number of minutes of advertising over the entire 3 hours of the program averages out to 16 minutes per hour.
  I'm not sure it even averages out to 2 hours a day.
  According to recent statistics, roughly $50 billion is spent annually in the U.S. on weddings, which averages out to $20,000 per wedding.
  ‘Power failures are averaging out to two to three hours a day at a stretch,’ explains his friend, a Faisal Town resident.
  That averages out to about $111 million a year on the $750 million investment, or about a 15% annual return.

Derivatives

averagely

adverbˈavərɪdʒliˈæv(ə)rədʒli

And yes I did lose a loved one that way, so I admit to being rather more than averagely concerned about the issue.
Example sentencesExamples
- But for the averagely interested first-time visitor - most of us - it is a boon.
- For one averagely hungry person, use two eggs and 1/4 cup of milk.
- It's five to twelve, and the place is averagely busy.
- Almost everything he wrote still holds a central place in the piano repertoire, and a not insignificant proportion of his work is playable by averagely skilled amateurs.

averageness

noun

Our reality, our averageness, seemed intolerable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Too many songs are aborted takeoffs, briefly hovering in the air before settling back down to earth, grounded by their own sense of averageness.
- It's the sheer normality and averageness of the soldiers that I find distressing.
- At first I was surprised by the averageness of the building and its surroundings.
- Not all were content with niceness, conformity and averageness, however.

Origin

Late 15th century: from French avarie 'damage to ship or cargo', earlier 'customs duty', from Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awār 'damage to goods'; the suffix -age is on the pattern of damage. Originally denoting a duty payable by the owner of goods to be shipped, the term later denoted the financial liability from goods lost or damaged at sea, and specifically the equitable apportionment of this between the owners of the vessel and of the cargo (late 16th century); this gave rise to the general sense of calculating the mean (mid 18th century).

Originally a shipping term, meaning either the duty payable by the owner of goods about to be shipped or the financial liability for any goods lost or damaged at sea, average came into English in the 15th century from French avarie ‘damage to a ship or cargo, customs duty’. The ultimate source was Arabic awar ‘damage to goods’. All this may seem a long way from the modern meaning of average, but the word came to be applied to the fair splitting of the financial liability between the owners of the vessel and the owners of the cargo, which in time led to the modern senses.

Definition of average in US English:

average

(also avg.)

nounˈav(ə)rijˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ

1A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number.
the housing prices there are twice the national average
Compare with mean (sense 1 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- That is more than twice the national average over the past decade - 6 million acres.
- Across Leeds as a whole results have improved on last year, and the city's schools are above the national average in all three subjects.
- Determine the average per nozzle by dividing the total output by the number of nozzles on the boom.
- St Tiernan's College recorded biology results that were far higher than the national average.
- To repeat, we measured the perceived overall extent of succession planning by the average of the averages obtained for the five parts of the process.
- Sutton's senior schools are performing well above the national average, new Government figures reveal.
- A school district Inspector General's report found chaos in the handling of projects and said that consultants' fees were above national averages.
- Results are above national averages, with pupils particularly shining in this summer's tests for 14-year-olds.
- Standards in maths are very high and are well above the national average in English and science.
- Home prices in Shanghai are more than twice the national average, and rose by nearly a quarter last year.
- Quite why Bradford should be so much above the national average is unclear.
- He said that Bolton's highways are above the national average for cleanliness.
- Paradoxically, this is way above the national average 13 for a unitary authority.
- Chippenham fuel prices are above the national average, reaching 83.9p a litre in some petrol stations.
- Southampton has made great strides over the past six years in closing the gap between our results and the national averages, and we are proud of this achievement.
- Parents will be given report cards detailing their child's results and placing them in the context of a national average.
- Pupils continue to achieve well in Years 1 and 2 and reach standards in reading, maths and science that match and sometimes exceed national averages and the results of similar schools.
- The school was above the national average in this category.
- Student loans are being processed above the national average in Essex.
- Data in the figures is an average of the data obtained in the presence and absence of FCS.
Synonyms
mean, median, mode, midpoint, centre
1. 1.1 An amount, standard, level, or rate regarded as usual or ordinary.
  一般水平，正常水平
  they take about thirty minutes on average
  通常情况下他们要用30分钟左右。
  the month's snowfall is below average
  Example sentencesExamples
  On average around three tremors measuring three on the Richter scale strike the UK every year.
  On average, SUVs consume over 6 miles per gallon more than a family station wagon.
  Babies who are put in walkers take three weeks longer on average to stand alone and walk than those who come to it naturally, researchers say.
  On average 30 children a year receive treatment for Hodgkin's disease.
  On average, we can expect imported television to be of better quality than domestic.
  On average there are 12 fatalities a year at level crossings, but the UK has one of the best crossing safety records in Europe.
  On average 5.75 tons of paper are collected from individual areas in the borough each month.
  On average, Pudong consumes 700,000 to 800,000 cubic metres of gas every day.
  On average, we can expect lives a bit shorter than those of Greeks, a bit longer than those of Portuguese.
  On average, a 10 minute interval separated each loading cycle.
  On average, the number of drivers speeding at camera sites dropped from 55 per cent to 16.
  On average, Maori life expectancy is 10 years less than that of Pakeha.
  In my view, the present case was above average in legal complexity because of some unique issues, but it was not the most complex case on the facts.
  Half of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardised tests.
  On average, the amount for food and clothing accounts for 60 per cent of the money for children.
  On average, we consumed more fruit and less vegetables last year, with the potato seeing the biggest plunge in terms of demand.
  On average 15 people a year die from heart attacks or collapses each year in towns of a similar size.
  On average, Irish consumers spend €88 each time they use their credit card.
  He warned the emission levels were on average in excess of 100 micrograms per cubic metre.
  Even after the recent rate hikes, real interest rates remain below average compared with consumer price inflation.
  Synonyms
  normally, usually, ordinarily, generally, generally speaking, in general, for the most part, in most cases, as a rule, typically
2The apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.
（海损的）平均分担
Example sentencesExamples
- Under General Average, those whose cargo survives a voyage are charged to repay the loss of another shipper whose cargo may have been jettisoned or lost.
- But in all other cases where a ship is intentionally run on shore for the common safety, the consequent loss or damage shall be allowed as general average.
- An example of particular average is fire damage to a vessel and cargo aboard the vessel.
- Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight.
1. 2.1 Reduction in the amount payable under an insurance policy, e.g. in respect of partial loss.
  （按保单规定应付赔偿额的）降减，均减
  Example sentencesExamples
  In marine insurance, in the case of a partial loss, or emergency repairs to the vessel, average may be declared.

adjectiveˈav(ə)rijˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ

1Constituting the result obtained by adding together several quantities and then dividing this total by the number of quantities.
平均数，平均值
the average temperature in May was 64°F
5月的平均气温比正常气温低4℃。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sex ratio predictions were based on the average temperature during the middle third of incubation.
- Going on the bank's own figures this will result in an average charge of €50 a year for these customers.
- All benchmarks were run a total of three times, with the average results shown here today.
- The results were averaged to determine the average temperature increase for that mill.
- The income figures are based on average household earnings divided by population.
- Men hold an average total of 21,026 compared with women's average total of 13, 989.
- As a result, more radiation is blocked, and the average surface temperature of the earth increases.
- As a result, average payouts are expected to rise by about 20% under new rules.
- The average total income has also risen by a phenomenal amount.
- As a result, the average salary of women constitutes two thirds of men's salaries.
- To calculate payment entitlements, the single payment is divided by the average area held by the farmer in the base period.
- These data show that the total average approval time increased to 213 days from 172 days.
- Mutant frequencies were calculated by dividing the median number of mutants by the average number of total cells.
- As this model is analyzed only in terms of average payoffs, these results are not affected by these assumptions.
- He pointed out that cold weather over the remainder of the year could bring the average total temperature down.
- On the scalp, where hair is usually densest and longest, the average total number of hairs is between 100000 and 150000.
- As a result, the average age of first time purchase in the UK is increasing.
- The sliding velocity was obtained by dividing the average value of the lengths of tracks by the given period of time.
- What this means is that there are inefficiencies within the firm or industry resulting in rising average costs.
- The primary reason is that using differing time frames to obtain average returns will lead to different results.
Synonyms
mean, median, medial, middle
1. 1.1 Of the usual or ordinary standard, level, or quantity.
  普通的，平常的
  a woman of average height
  中等身高的妇女。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Price airfares and vacation packages on several different sites to see what the average rate is for your travel dates.
  Wave equations normally describe an average wave height; they don't describe rogues.
  It is a long way, and the average height above sea level is more than 2000 metres.
  Normally super-fit people, say marathon runners, have an average heart rate of 65.
  Those rates beat the average level of ownership in most European countries.
  How long do members think it will take to pay off that amount, at an average interest rate of 18 percent?
  Although Perth's average CO level is within the standard, increasing car use will cause the level to rise.
  Thus, lower rates of migration in the population lead to stronger average levels of association.
  He was of average height by Aetheris standards, with a swimmer's physique, and a handsome face.
  That means sea level has been rising at an average rate of 1.8 millimetres per year.
  If you have an average level of fitness, that's approximately the length of time it would take you to do two laps of Savannah if you are running.
  That's about normal for the time of year and is the average level of registrations expected.
  Today's average levels are not typical of values throughout human evolution.
  The fertility rate measures the average number of children women aged 15 to 49 will have in their lifetime.
  We've already had in excess of twenty people audition, and I'd say the average level of talent is in excess of our expectations.
  In determining the expected level of use, consider both the average rates and any surges in use.
  This average rate of profit, in turn, regulates the prices of production.
  This isn't due to a sudden drop in average IQ levels, but to a secret backroom deal between lavvy manufacturers and environmentalists.
  According to Greenpeace, the ratio of power consumption to GDP in Bulgaria is nine times the average level in Europe.
  I would have one single rate of Vat or harmonise our excise duties to the average EU level.
  Synonyms
  ordinary, standard, usual, normal, typical, regular, unexceptional
2. 1.2 Having qualities that are seen as typical of a particular person or thing.
  通常的，典型的
  the average teenager prefers comfort to high fashion
  Example sentencesExamples
  They are your average scally lads, bad hair, tight jeans, unwashed, smelly, drunken.
  An average day at Standard Chartered will involve meetings on forthcoming deals, relations with governments or internal issues.
  And since his childhood Gary has gone from strength to strength and now enjoys a range of hobbies like any average teenager.
  This results in the average person being able to do things with computers they've never been able to do before.
  The day was rough by normal standards, that is, the standards of an average Roman citizen who live in Byzantium.
  Chris Brand reports poll results showing that the average Brit is a lot more tough-minded than the British government.
  As a result, the average photographer is more likely to use the technology and use it successfully.
  According to a government census the average adult watches a total of about 70 days of TV per year!
  The two boys showed a camera crew around their average lad's room with its posters, messy CD racks and superhero bedding.
  Bow Wow may be more famous than the average teenager, but that hasn't made him exempt from life's growing pains.
  Your average record store can obtain any CD the vast majority of customers are going to reasonably want.
  If you took a caricature of the average teenager and reversed almost every attribute, you would get Elizabeth.
  According to the survey, the quality of the average diet of Chinese people has improved significantly.
  This means the average teenager with 20 bucks in his pocket is going to be hard pressed to buy a single CD.
  Leisure is passé and foolish even for the average teenager today.
  As a result, the average citizen today not only feels, but in reality is quite removed from the political process.
  It is even so when they just arrived in a city in which the average water quality is not as good.
  As the great musical icon of the Sixties counterculture, Dylan has always been expected to live up to higher moral standards than the average rocker.
  As a result, the average baby is not born at the optimal weight for avoiding an early death.
  Fourth, one has to face the fact that the quality of the average PhD is not as good as it might be.
3. 1.3 Mediocre; not very good.
  平庸的；一般的
  a very average director who made very average movies
  一个制作极平庸影片的极平庸导演。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This task is done in considerable detail, but also with more than adequate explanation for the average player.
  Perry is prone to injury, but when he's healthy, he's an adequate defensive player with average power.
  The full frame video is a carbon copy of years past, with adequate and average colors, definition, and detail.
  Mateo has good range defensively at second with only an average arm.
  The Transporter combines decent action with a mediocre story to produce a very average film.
  In the end too much of the hour is simply spent watching the company logo and films that are no more funny or dramatic than your average home movie.
  I looked away from the window to see a guy wearing plain, average clothes.
  I didn't apply myself, preferring to spend most of high school in a gloom, so I got only average results except in English.
  This week's quote is from a similarly average movie.
  Of course, there are a lot of teachers who are only average, just as there are average dentists and so-so lawyers.
  It's just your average forgettable movie knockoff of a better movie.
  UCD were decidedly average and were second best in a goalless draw.
  The seasons, frighteningly unfamiliar to your average cook, are second nature to Susan and Margaret.
  I don't find the cinema experience awesome enough to warrant sitting through average movies.
  It may not make your movie good, but it will make the movie different from your average film.
  The first was the flavoring: your average butter, sugar vanilla frosting ingredients.
  The stories are out and most groups are sort of satisfied with a pretty average result.
  What's wrong with being average and mediocre in studies, if you're excellent at life skills?
  Suggests that she only cares about social status, which is actually not as true as the average teen movie would have it.
  Some of my time in the weekend was spent watching average movies.
  Synonyms
  mediocre, second-rate, uninspired, undistinguished, ordinary, commonplace, middle-of-the-road, mainstream, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, unmemorable, indifferent, humdrum, nothing special, everyday, bland, run-of-the-mill, not very good, pedestrian, prosaic, lacklustre, forgettable, amateur, amateurish

verbˈav(ə)rijˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ

1with object Achieve or amount to as an average rate or amount over a period of time.
平均达到
annual inflation averaged 2.4 percent
年通货膨胀平均达到2.4%。
Example sentencesExamples
- She had been contracted to average a 20-hour week but was averaging only 15 to 16 hours a week.
- The company continues to expand at a rate averaging 30 new stores a month.
- A teacher in California maybe averages an annual salary of $52,000.
- On agricultural goods the custom duty rate will average 74 per cent, the same as last year.
- The US economy has averaged around four percent annual growth over the past five years.
- The business now concentrates solely on milk production, averaging an annual output of 2.3 million litres.
- He averaged the least amount of playing time he had since his second season.
- Iran has one of the highest road accident rates in the world, averaging five deaths every two hours.
- Later the line moved indoors; we were told that the wait had averaged two hours for the entire day.
- The German air force claims the Eurofighter has averaged an hour a week in the air.
- Inflation is expected to average 0.7 per cent this year and 1.1 per cent next year.
- People living in Glasgow city centre boast some of the lowest car-ownership rates, averaging one car for every five adults.
- By the end of the year, inflation will average between seven and eight per cent.
- The upshot is that the parents of Irish babies are averaging a mere 5.5 hours of unbroken sleep.
- If cities like Manchester and Sheffield can average six per cent, why can't we?
- Angelini said mainland occupancy rates averaged 66 per cent in the first four months of the year.
- They are demanding pay increases to keep pace with inflation which is currently averaging 3 percent a year.
- For example, in Canada part-time wages average 55.9 percent of full-time wages.
- It also said that the rate of unemployment is expected to average 4.2 per cent this year and next year.
- At the nearby Lady Tennyson small amounts of copper ore averaging twenty-five to thirty percent were also raised.
1. 1.1 Calculate or estimate the average of (figures or measurements)
  计算（或估计）…的平均值
  their earnings, averaged out over the month, were only $62 a week
  Example sentencesExamples
  Global scores were calculated by averaging the results of all tests with z scores.
  The growth rates were estimated from coleoptile lengths averaged over two independent experiments.
  The estimated treatment effects at the four visits were averaged to give a summary estimate of effect over one year.
  Although this can arise just by chance for some loci, averaging estimates over loci reduces the problem.
  Estimates from several modes can be averaged to decrease the experimental error.
  RGR is then calculated for each pair, and the values averaged over all pairs.
  Ratios between hydrostatic and osmotic root Lp r were calculated for individual roots which were then averaged.
  You, in turn, average their estimates and take the result as the collective output.
  Peak exercise variables were calculated by averaging the final 30 seconds of exercise.
  Mean values for each trait were calculated by averaging the population replicates for each species.
  Proportions were first averaged for each nestling with multiple bill load estimates.
  In each region, we averaged the estimates of all studies.
  First, we calculated the overall mean by averaging the predicted means for each study group.
  These estimates were calculated for each locus and averaged over all loci.
  Scores for these global scales were calculated by averaging item responses.
  Item ratings were averaged to calculate an overall SDO score for each participant.
  The calculations were then averaged from questionnaires sent to each woman every two years.
  Two area calculations of the same tracing are averaged to determine the wound area.
  We calculated a mean exclusion probability by averaging the probabilities for individual nests.
  In this case, the running average was calculated by averaging each point with its neighbor on either side.
2. 1.2average outno object Result in an even distribution; even out.
  平均分配
  it is reasonable to hope that the results will average out
  希望结果能平均分配，这很合理。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In contrast to thermodynamics, where molecular motions can be averaged out over macroscopic scales, genetic details do influence phenotypic evolution.
  It'll be slightly more money, but if it means I use it more then it'll all average out and be worth it in the long run.
  Because the capacity on each parallel ring is shared between the nodes, traffic variations are averaged out - the network is more robust to unforeseen changes in traffic behavior.
  You just hope that the good averages out the bad.
  The hydrofoil surfaces swept up and down producing lift forces which averaged out over the whole cycle to a forwardly directed propulsive resultant force.
  It is always difficult with a new school in a new area, you can never get it spot on, but the problem does average out over a few years so that there are only local children at the school.
  Recording times averaged out quite well over about a month of almost daily use.
  Yes, he went for more than we expected, but some go for more, some for less, and you hope it averages out.
  The price you pay for units over time averages out - and provided the unit price when you come to cash up your investments is higher than the average you paid for units, you will make a profit.
  Thus, during the measurement of the autocorrelation profile the properties of gel and fluid domains may, to a certain degree, be averaged out.
  The theory goes, says Escherich, that whether one buys high or low, it all averages out.
  This involved cutting out a pie-shaped wedge of bone, so it was bent towards my thumb below the knuckle, and then bent the other way at my knuckle, to average out sort of unbent.
  But we're averaging out across the week and you find out that those individuals will make up the time, they will sleep in extra over the weekend to make up for their own sleep deficit.
  Funny, but the squeakers don't all average out.
  It probably all averages out, with some fluctuations.
  It has been calculated that if the total rainfall over the Earth were averaged out, each place would get something like 800 millimetres of rain a year.
  Grown-ups burn more than kids; but it all averages out: 14 floor lamps per person, lit round the clock.
  Every parent should resist the urge to see our kids as extraordinary - each child has talents and develops some skills earlier than others, but most of them average out.
  When the signal is correlated with a dwell time much longer than its frequency, the signal gets effectively averaged out in each dwell time and the calculated correlation function gets damped.
  Running the X-Dream at about the halfway mark performance averages out, and the noise output is very tolerable.
3. 1.3average out at/tono object Result in an average figure of.
  平均为
  the cost should average out to about $6 per page
  费用应该平均为每页六英镑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ideal size on a national basis averages out to 2.4 children per family.
  One vehicle acquired in September 2002 has only done 2,710 recorded miles, averaging out at just under 25 miles a week.
  In the first half of 2005 alone, 2,672 miners died in mining-related accidents in China, which averages out to more than one person 14 people per day.
  According to recent statistics, roughly $50 billion is spent annually in the U.S. on weddings, which averages out to $20,000 per wedding.
  I don't see anything even slightly wrong with that, as long as the total number of minutes of advertising over the entire 3 hours of the program averages out to 16 minutes per hour.
  That averages out to about $111 million a year on the $750 million investment, or about a 15% annual return.
  While I can appreciate that some tenants may be in temporary difficulties, the total figure is now averaging out at £5 for each council house we own, and this represents a very large sum of money.
  ‘Power failures are averaging out to two to three hours a day at a stretch,’ explains his friend, a Faisal Town resident.
  However, the figure for the year should average out at 2%.
  Total transactions on the exchange, which trades in gold and agricultural commodities, more than doubled last year from 388,000 lots in 2003 to 999,000 lots, averaging out at 3,842 lots per day.
  Today's initial jaunt covered 0.67 of a mile and took 5.5 minutes at a maximum speed of 10 mph, averaging out at 7 mph.
  That averages out at 9706 a week, or 1386 every single day.
  The year has just begun and there have already been more than 60 murders, which averages out to about 4 murders per day.
  The top six polls' latest results average out at 40.9 percent for the ruling coalition.
  The compensation is to paid in recognition of the inconvenience caused by additional traffic going to and from the landfill and averages out at 6500 a year.
  My subscription is for 1 DVD at a time costing £7.97 per month, but by paying 3 months in advance at a cost of £18.91 the monthly cost averages out at just over £6.30.
  It averages out to about $3.90 a serving, which doesn't seem too bad (if I got 6 servings out of each, it would be $2.60).
  I'm not sure it even averages out to 2 hours a day.
  All results were taken 6 times and averaged out to one result over a 48 hour period.
  Now, my circulation figures average out to about 150,000-200,000 readers per month.

Origin

Late 15th century: from French avarie ‘damage to ship or cargo’, earlier ‘customs duty’, from Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awār ‘damage to goods’; the suffix -age is on the pattern of damage. Originally denoting a duty payable by the owner of goods to be shipped, the term later denoted the financial liability from goods lost or damaged at sea, and specifically the equitable apportionment of this between the owners of the vessel and of the cargo (late 16th century); this gave rise to the general sense of calculating the mean (mid 18th century).

词汇	average
释义	Definition of average in English: average noun ˈav(ə)rɪdʒˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ 1A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number. 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的平均比例，即19％。 Example sentencesExamples Data in the figures is an average of the data obtained in the presence and absence of FCS. Determine the average per nozzle by dividing the total output by the number of nozzles on the boom. Results are above national averages, with pupils particularly shining in this summer's tests for 14-year-olds. Across Leeds as a whole results have improved on last year, and the city's schools are above the national average in all three subjects. That is more than twice the national average over the past decade - 6 million acres. Sutton's senior schools are performing well above the national average, new Government figures reveal. Standards in maths are very high and are well above the national average in English and science. Student loans are being processed above the national average in Essex. A school district Inspector General's report found chaos in the handling of projects and said that consultants' fees were above national averages. He said that Bolton's highways are above the national average for cleanliness. Chippenham fuel prices are above the national average, reaching 83.9p a litre in some petrol stations. To repeat, we measured the perceived overall extent of succession planning by the average of the averages obtained for the five parts of the process. St Tiernan's College recorded biology results that were far higher than the national average. The school was above the national average in this category. Quite why Bradford should be so much above the national average is unclear. Home prices in Shanghai are more than twice the national average, and rose by nearly a quarter last year. Paradoxically, this is way above the national average 13 for a unitary authority. Parents will be given report cards detailing their child's results and placing them in the context of a national average. Southampton has made great strides over the past six years in closing the gap between our results and the national averages, and we are proud of this achievement. Pupils continue to achieve well in Years 1 and 2 and reach standards in reading, maths and science that match and sometimes exceed national averages and the results of similar schools. Synonyms mean, median, mode, midpoint, centre norm, standard, rule, par the general run 1.1 An amount, standard, level, or rate regarded as usual or ordinary. 一般水平，正常水平 underground water reserves are below average 地下水储备已低于正常水平。 they take about thirty minutes on average 通常情况下他们要用30分钟左右。 Example sentencesExamples On average, the number of drivers speeding at camera sites dropped from 55 per cent to 16. On average, we can expect imported television to be of better quality than domestic. On average, Pudong consumes 700,000 to 800,000 cubic metres of gas every day. Babies who are put in walkers take three weeks longer on average to stand alone and walk than those who come to it naturally, researchers say. On average 30 children a year receive treatment for Hodgkin's disease. On average 15 people a year die from heart attacks or collapses each year in towns of a similar size. On average, Maori life expectancy is 10 years less than that of Pakeha. On average, Irish consumers spend €88 each time they use their credit card. On average, a 10 minute interval separated each loading cycle. On average 5.75 tons of paper are collected from individual areas in the borough each month. On average, we consumed more fruit and less vegetables last year, with the potato seeing the biggest plunge in terms of demand. In my view, the present case was above average in legal complexity because of some unique issues, but it was not the most complex case on the facts. Half of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardised tests. On average, the amount for food and clothing accounts for 60 per cent of the money for children. On average around three tremors measuring three on the Richter scale strike the UK every year. On average, SUVs consume over 6 miles per gallon more than a family station wagon. On average there are 12 fatalities a year at level crossings, but the UK has one of the best crossing safety records in Europe. Even after the recent rate hikes, real interest rates remain below average compared with consumer price inflation. He warned the emission levels were on average in excess of 100 micrograms per cubic metre. On average, we can expect lives a bit shorter than those of Greeks, a bit longer than those of Portuguese. Synonyms normally, usually, ordinarily, generally, generally speaking, in general, for the most part, in most cases, as a rule, typically overall, by and large, on the whole, on balance 2mass noun The apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo. （海损的）平均分担 Example sentencesExamples Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight. But in all other cases where a ship is intentionally run on shore for the common safety, the consequent loss or damage shall be allowed as general average. Under General Average, those whose cargo survives a voyage are charged to repay the loss of another shipper whose cargo may have been jettisoned or lost. An example of particular average is fire damage to a vessel and cargo aboard the vessel. 2.1 Reduction in the amount payable under an insurance policy, e.g. in respect of partial loss. （按保单规定应付赔偿额的）降减，均减 Example sentencesExamples In marine insurance, in the case of a partial loss, or emergency repairs to the vessel, average may be declared. adjective ˈav(ə)rɪdʒˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ 1Constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts. 平均数，平均值 the average temperature in May was 4°C below normal 5月的平均气温比正常气温低4℃。 Example sentencesExamples On the scalp, where hair is usually densest and longest, the average total number of hairs is between 100000 and 150000. The results were averaged to determine the average temperature increase for that mill. To calculate payment entitlements, the single payment is divided by the average area held by the farmer in the base period. As this model is analyzed only in terms of average payoffs, these results are not affected by these assumptions. As a result, the average age of first time purchase in the UK is increasing. As a result, more radiation is blocked, and the average surface temperature of the earth increases. These data show that the total average approval time increased to 213 days from 172 days. The primary reason is that using differing time frames to obtain average returns will lead to different results. Sex ratio predictions were based on the average temperature during the middle third of incubation. Men hold an average total of 21,026 compared with women's average total of 13, 989. As a result, the average salary of women constitutes two thirds of men's salaries. Mutant frequencies were calculated by dividing the median number of mutants by the average number of total cells. The sliding velocity was obtained by dividing the average value of the lengths of tracks by the given period of time. All benchmarks were run a total of three times, with the average results shown here today. The average total income has also risen by a phenomenal amount. As a result, average payouts are expected to rise by about 20% under new rules. What this means is that there are inefficiencies within the firm or industry resulting in rising average costs. Going on the bank's own figures this will result in an average charge of €50 a year for these customers. He pointed out that cold weather over the remainder of the year could bring the average total temperature down. The income figures are based on average household earnings divided by population. Synonyms mean, median, medial, middle 1.1 Of the usual or ordinary amount, standard, level, or rate. 普通的，平常的 a woman of average height 中等身高的妇女。 Example sentencesExamples How long do members think it will take to pay off that amount, at an average interest rate of 18 percent? Thus, lower rates of migration in the population lead to stronger average levels of association. Wave equations normally describe an average wave height; they don't describe rogues. I would have one single rate of Vat or harmonise our excise duties to the average EU level. In determining the expected level of use, consider both the average rates and any surges in use. That's about normal for the time of year and is the average level of registrations expected. That means sea level has been rising at an average rate of 1.8 millimetres per year. This isn't due to a sudden drop in average IQ levels, but to a secret backroom deal between lavvy manufacturers and environmentalists. He was of average height by Aetheris standards, with a swimmer's physique, and a handsome face. If you have an average level of fitness, that's approximately the length of time it would take you to do two laps of Savannah if you are running. Although Perth's average CO level is within the standard, increasing car use will cause the level to rise. The fertility rate measures the average number of children women aged 15 to 49 will have in their lifetime. Those rates beat the average level of ownership in most European countries. According to Greenpeace, the ratio of power consumption to GDP in Bulgaria is nine times the average level in Europe. Normally super-fit people, say marathon runners, have an average heart rate of 65. Today's average levels are not typical of values throughout human evolution. Price airfares and vacation packages on several different sites to see what the average rate is for your travel dates. We've already had in excess of twenty people audition, and I'd say the average level of talent is in excess of our expectations. It is a long way, and the average height above sea level is more than 2000 metres. This average rate of profit, in turn, regulates the prices of production. Synonyms ordinary, standard, usual, normal, typical, regular, unexceptional 1.2 Having qualities that are seen as typical of a particular person, group, or thing. 通常的，典型的 the average lad likes a good night out 一般小伙子都喜欢出去享受夜晚。 Example sentencesExamples Chris Brand reports poll results showing that the average Brit is a lot more tough-minded than the British government. The two boys showed a camera crew around their average lad's room with its posters, messy CD racks and superhero bedding. An average day at Standard Chartered will involve meetings on forthcoming deals, relations with governments or internal issues. Leisure is passé and foolish even for the average teenager today. As a result, the average baby is not born at the optimal weight for avoiding an early death. As a result, the average photographer is more likely to use the technology and use it successfully. As a result, the average citizen today not only feels, but in reality is quite removed from the political process. It is even so when they just arrived in a city in which the average water quality is not as good. As the great musical icon of the Sixties counterculture, Dylan has always been expected to live up to higher moral standards than the average rocker. Fourth, one has to face the fact that the quality of the average PhD is not as good as it might be. If you took a caricature of the average teenager and reversed almost every attribute, you would get Elizabeth. Your average record store can obtain any CD the vast majority of customers are going to reasonably want. Bow Wow may be more famous than the average teenager, but that hasn't made him exempt from life's growing pains. This means the average teenager with 20 bucks in his pocket is going to be hard pressed to buy a single CD. According to the survey, the quality of the average diet of Chinese people has improved significantly. The day was rough by normal standards, that is, the standards of an average Roman citizen who live in Byzantium. And since his childhood Gary has gone from strength to strength and now enjoys a range of hobbies like any average teenager. This results in the average person being able to do things with computers they've never been able to do before. According to a government census the average adult watches a total of about 70 days of TV per year! They are your average scally lads, bad hair, tight jeans, unwashed, smelly, drunken. 1.3 Mediocre; not very good. 平庸的；一般的 a very average director making very average movies 一个制作极平庸影片的极平庸导演。 Example sentencesExamples Of course, there are a lot of teachers who are only average, just as there are average dentists and so-so lawyers. The seasons, frighteningly unfamiliar to your average cook, are second nature to Susan and Margaret. UCD were decidedly average and were second best in a goalless draw. Suggests that she only cares about social status, which is actually not as true as the average teen movie would have it. This week's quote is from a similarly average movie. This task is done in considerable detail, but also with more than adequate explanation for the average player. I didn't apply myself, preferring to spend most of high school in a gloom, so I got only average results except in English. The Transporter combines decent action with a mediocre story to produce a very average film. Some of my time in the weekend was spent watching average movies. I don't find the cinema experience awesome enough to warrant sitting through average movies. I looked away from the window to see a guy wearing plain, average clothes. The stories are out and most groups are sort of satisfied with a pretty average result. The full frame video is a carbon copy of years past, with adequate and average colors, definition, and detail. What's wrong with being average and mediocre in studies, if you're excellent at life skills? It's just your average forgettable movie knockoff of a better movie. Mateo has good range defensively at second with only an average arm. The first was the flavoring: your average butter, sugar vanilla frosting ingredients. It may not make your movie good, but it will make the movie different from your average film. In the end too much of the hour is simply spent watching the company logo and films that are no more funny or dramatic than your average home movie. Perry is prone to injury, but when he's healthy, he's an adequate defensive player with average power. Synonyms mediocre, second-rate, uninspired, undistinguished, ordinary, commonplace, middle-of-the-road, mainstream, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, unmemorable, indifferent, humdrum, nothing special, everyday, bland, run-of-the-mill, not very good, pedestrian, prosaic, lacklustre, forgettable, amateur, amateurish acceptable, passable, all right, adequate, fair, middling, moderate, tolerable North American garden-variety informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, fair-to-middling, (plain) vanilla, nothing to write home about, nothing to get excited about, a dime a dozen, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much British informal common or garden, not much cop, ten a penny North American informal bush-league North American &amp Australian/New Zealand informal jake New Zealand informal half-pie verb ˈav(ə)rɪdʒˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ [with object] 1Amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean. 平均达到 annual inflation averaged 2.4 per cent 年通货膨胀平均达到2.4%。 Example sentencesExamples Inflation is expected to average 0.7 per cent this year and 1.1 per cent next year. For example, in Canada part-time wages average 55.9 percent of full-time wages. It also said that the rate of unemployment is expected to average 4.2 per cent this year and next year. He averaged the least amount of playing time he had since his second season. At the nearby Lady Tennyson small amounts of copper ore averaging twenty-five to thirty percent were also raised. If cities like Manchester and Sheffield can average six per cent, why can't we? She had been contracted to average a 20-hour week but was averaging only 15 to 16 hours a week. They are demanding pay increases to keep pace with inflation which is currently averaging 3 percent a year. The upshot is that the parents of Irish babies are averaging a mere 5.5 hours of unbroken sleep. On agricultural goods the custom duty rate will average 74 per cent, the same as last year. Angelini said mainland occupancy rates averaged 66 per cent in the first four months of the year. A teacher in California maybe averages an annual salary of $52,000. The US economy has averaged around four percent annual growth over the past five years. The company continues to expand at a rate averaging 30 new stores a month. The business now concentrates solely on milk production, averaging an annual output of 2.3 million litres. People living in Glasgow city centre boast some of the lowest car-ownership rates, averaging one car for every five adults. The German air force claims the Eurofighter has averaged an hour a week in the air. Iran has one of the highest road accident rates in the world, averaging five deaths every two hours. Later the line moved indoors; we were told that the wait had averaged two hours for the entire day. By the end of the year, inflation will average between seven and eight per cent. 1.1 Calculate or estimate the average of. 计算（或估计）…的平均值 they earned only £35 weekly when their seasonal earnings were averaged out 若平均计算妇女们的季节性收入，她们每周只挣35英镑。 Example sentencesExamples The calculations were then averaged from questionnaires sent to each woman every two years. In this case, the running average was calculated by averaging each point with its neighbor on either side. The estimated treatment effects at the four visits were averaged to give a summary estimate of effect over one year. Scores for these global scales were calculated by averaging item responses. You, in turn, average their estimates and take the result as the collective output. Estimates from several modes can be averaged to decrease the experimental error. We calculated a mean exclusion probability by averaging the probabilities for individual nests. Proportions were first averaged for each nestling with multiple bill load estimates. Although this can arise just by chance for some loci, averaging estimates over loci reduces the problem. RGR is then calculated for each pair, and the values averaged over all pairs. Two area calculations of the same tracing are averaged to determine the wound area. Peak exercise variables were calculated by averaging the final 30 seconds of exercise. These estimates were calculated for each locus and averaged over all loci. First, we calculated the overall mean by averaging the predicted means for each study group. Ratios between hydrostatic and osmotic root Lp r were calculated for individual roots which were then averaged. Mean values for each trait were calculated by averaging the population replicates for each species. Item ratings were averaged to calculate an overall SDO score for each participant. In each region, we averaged the estimates of all studies. Global scores were calculated by averaging the results of all tests with z scores. The growth rates were estimated from coleoptile lengths averaged over two independent experiments. 1.2average outno object Result in an even distribution; even out. 平均分配 it is reasonable to hope that the results will average out 希望结果能平均分配，这很合理。 Example sentencesExamples Running the X-Dream at about the halfway mark performance averages out, and the noise output is very tolerable. When the signal is correlated with a dwell time much longer than its frequency, the signal gets effectively averaged out in each dwell time and the calculated correlation function gets damped. Thus, during the measurement of the autocorrelation profile the properties of gel and fluid domains may, to a certain degree, be averaged out. The hydrofoil surfaces swept up and down producing lift forces which averaged out over the whole cycle to a forwardly directed propulsive resultant force. It has been calculated that if the total rainfall over the Earth were averaged out, each place would get something like 800 millimetres of rain a year. You just hope that the good averages out the bad. In contrast to thermodynamics, where molecular motions can be averaged out over macroscopic scales, genetic details do influence phenotypic evolution. The price you pay for units over time averages out - and provided the unit price when you come to cash up your investments is higher than the average you paid for units, you will make a profit. The theory goes, says Escherich, that whether one buys high or low, it all averages out. It'll be slightly more money, but if it means I use it more then it'll all average out and be worth it in the long run. Yes, he went for more than we expected, but some go for more, some for less, and you hope it averages out. It is always difficult with a new school in a new area, you can never get it spot on, but the problem does average out over a few years so that there are only local children at the school. But we're averaging out across the week and you find out that those individuals will make up the time, they will sleep in extra over the weekend to make up for their own sleep deficit. Because the capacity on each parallel ring is shared between the nodes, traffic variations are averaged out - the network is more robust to unforeseen changes in traffic behavior. Recording times averaged out quite well over about a month of almost daily use. It probably all averages out, with some fluctuations. Grown-ups burn more than kids; but it all averages out: 14 floor lamps per person, lit round the clock. Every parent should resist the urge to see our kids as extraordinary - each child has talents and develops some skills earlier than others, but most of them average out. This involved cutting out a pie-shaped wedge of bone, so it was bent towards my thumb below the knuckle, and then bent the other way at my knuckle, to average out sort of unbent. Funny, but the squeakers don't all average out. 1.3average out at/tono object Result in an average figure of. 平均为 the cost should average out at about £6 per page 费用应该平均为每页六英镑。 Example sentencesExamples The top six polls' latest results average out at 40.9 percent for the ruling coalition. All results were taken 6 times and averaged out to one result over a 48 hour period. My subscription is for 1 DVD at a time costing £7.97 per month, but by paying 3 months in advance at a cost of £18.91 the monthly cost averages out at just over £6.30. Total transactions on the exchange, which trades in gold and agricultural commodities, more than doubled last year from 388,000 lots in 2003 to 999,000 lots, averaging out at 3,842 lots per day. In the first half of 2005 alone, 2,672 miners died in mining-related accidents in China, which averages out to more than one person 14 people per day. One vehicle acquired in September 2002 has only done 2,710 recorded miles, averaging out at just under 25 miles a week. Now, my circulation figures average out to about 150,000-200,000 readers per month. The year has just begun and there have already been more than 60 murders, which averages out to about 4 murders per day. While I can appreciate that some tenants may be in temporary difficulties, the total figure is now averaging out at £5 for each council house we own, and this represents a very large sum of money. The ideal size on a national basis averages out to 2.4 children per family. It averages out to about $3.90 a serving, which doesn't seem too bad (if I got 6 servings out of each, it would be $2.60). The compensation is to paid in recognition of the inconvenience caused by additional traffic going to and from the landfill and averages out at 6500 a year. That averages out at 9706 a week, or 1386 every single day. However, the figure for the year should average out at 2%. Today's initial jaunt covered 0.67 of a mile and took 5.5 minutes at a maximum speed of 10 mph, averaging out at 7 mph. I don't see anything even slightly wrong with that, as long as the total number of minutes of advertising over the entire 3 hours of the program averages out to 16 minutes per hour. I'm not sure it even averages out to 2 hours a day. According to recent statistics, roughly $50 billion is spent annually in the U.S. on weddings, which averages out to $20,000 per wedding. ‘Power failures are averaging out to two to three hours a day at a stretch,’ explains his friend, a Faisal Town resident. That averages out to about $111 million a year on the $750 million investment, or about a 15% annual return. Derivatives averagely adverbˈavərɪdʒliˈæv(ə)rədʒli And yes I did lose a loved one that way, so I admit to being rather more than averagely concerned about the issue. Example sentencesExamples But for the averagely interested first-time visitor - most of us - it is a boon. For one averagely hungry person, use two eggs and 1/4 cup of milk. It's five to twelve, and the place is averagely busy. Almost everything he wrote still holds a central place in the piano repertoire, and a not insignificant proportion of his work is playable by averagely skilled amateurs. averageness noun Our reality, our averageness, seemed intolerable. Example sentencesExamples Too many songs are aborted takeoffs, briefly hovering in the air before settling back down to earth, grounded by their own sense of averageness. It's the sheer normality and averageness of the soldiers that I find distressing. At first I was surprised by the averageness of the building and its surroundings. Not all were content with niceness, conformity and averageness, however. Origin Late 15th century: from French avarie 'damage to ship or cargo', earlier 'customs duty', from Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awār 'damage to goods'; the suffix -age is on the pattern of damage. Originally denoting a duty payable by the owner of goods to be shipped, the term later denoted the financial liability from goods lost or damaged at sea, and specifically the equitable apportionment of this between the owners of the vessel and of the cargo (late 16th century); this gave rise to the general sense of calculating the mean (mid 18th century). Originally a shipping term, meaning either the duty payable by the owner of goods about to be shipped or the financial liability for any goods lost or damaged at sea, average came into English in the 15th century from French avarie ‘damage to a ship or cargo, customs duty’. The ultimate source was Arabic awar ‘damage to goods’. All this may seem a long way from the modern meaning of average, but the word came to be applied to the fair splitting of the financial liability between the owners of the vessel and the owners of the cargo, which in time led to the modern senses. Definition of average in US English: average (also avg.) nounˈav(ə)rijˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ 1A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number. the housing prices there are twice the national average Compare with mean (sense 1 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples That is more than twice the national average over the past decade - 6 million acres. Across Leeds as a whole results have improved on last year, and the city's schools are above the national average in all three subjects. Determine the average per nozzle by dividing the total output by the number of nozzles on the boom. St Tiernan's College recorded biology results that were far higher than the national average. To repeat, we measured the perceived overall extent of succession planning by the average of the averages obtained for the five parts of the process. Sutton's senior schools are performing well above the national average, new Government figures reveal. A school district Inspector General's report found chaos in the handling of projects and said that consultants' fees were above national averages. Results are above national averages, with pupils particularly shining in this summer's tests for 14-year-olds. Standards in maths are very high and are well above the national average in English and science. Home prices in Shanghai are more than twice the national average, and rose by nearly a quarter last year. Quite why Bradford should be so much above the national average is unclear. He said that Bolton's highways are above the national average for cleanliness. Paradoxically, this is way above the national average 13 for a unitary authority. Chippenham fuel prices are above the national average, reaching 83.9p a litre in some petrol stations. Southampton has made great strides over the past six years in closing the gap between our results and the national averages, and we are proud of this achievement. Parents will be given report cards detailing their child's results and placing them in the context of a national average. Pupils continue to achieve well in Years 1 and 2 and reach standards in reading, maths and science that match and sometimes exceed national averages and the results of similar schools. The school was above the national average in this category. Student loans are being processed above the national average in Essex. Data in the figures is an average of the data obtained in the presence and absence of FCS. Synonyms mean, median, mode, midpoint, centre 1.1 An amount, standard, level, or rate regarded as usual or ordinary. 一般水平，正常水平 they take about thirty minutes on average 通常情况下他们要用30分钟左右。 the month's snowfall is below average Example sentencesExamples On average around three tremors measuring three on the Richter scale strike the UK every year. On average, SUVs consume over 6 miles per gallon more than a family station wagon. Babies who are put in walkers take three weeks longer on average to stand alone and walk than those who come to it naturally, researchers say. On average 30 children a year receive treatment for Hodgkin's disease. On average, we can expect imported television to be of better quality than domestic. On average there are 12 fatalities a year at level crossings, but the UK has one of the best crossing safety records in Europe. On average 5.75 tons of paper are collected from individual areas in the borough each month. On average, Pudong consumes 700,000 to 800,000 cubic metres of gas every day. On average, we can expect lives a bit shorter than those of Greeks, a bit longer than those of Portuguese. On average, a 10 minute interval separated each loading cycle. On average, the number of drivers speeding at camera sites dropped from 55 per cent to 16. On average, Maori life expectancy is 10 years less than that of Pakeha. In my view, the present case was above average in legal complexity because of some unique issues, but it was not the most complex case on the facts. Half of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardised tests. On average, the amount for food and clothing accounts for 60 per cent of the money for children. On average, we consumed more fruit and less vegetables last year, with the potato seeing the biggest plunge in terms of demand. On average 15 people a year die from heart attacks or collapses each year in towns of a similar size. On average, Irish consumers spend €88 each time they use their credit card. He warned the emission levels were on average in excess of 100 micrograms per cubic metre. Even after the recent rate hikes, real interest rates remain below average compared with consumer price inflation. Synonyms normally, usually, ordinarily, generally, generally speaking, in general, for the most part, in most cases, as a rule, typically 2The apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo. （海损的）平均分担 Example sentencesExamples Under General Average, those whose cargo survives a voyage are charged to repay the loss of another shipper whose cargo may have been jettisoned or lost. But in all other cases where a ship is intentionally run on shore for the common safety, the consequent loss or damage shall be allowed as general average. An example of particular average is fire damage to a vessel and cargo aboard the vessel. Particular average signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight. 2.1 Reduction in the amount payable under an insurance policy, e.g. in respect of partial loss. （按保单规定应付赔偿额的）降减，均减 Example sentencesExamples In marine insurance, in the case of a partial loss, or emergency repairs to the vessel, average may be declared. adjectiveˈav(ə)rijˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ 1Constituting the result obtained by adding together several quantities and then dividing this total by the number of quantities. 平均数，平均值 the average temperature in May was 64°F 5月的平均气温比正常气温低4℃。 Example sentencesExamples Sex ratio predictions were based on the average temperature during the middle third of incubation. Going on the bank's own figures this will result in an average charge of €50 a year for these customers. All benchmarks were run a total of three times, with the average results shown here today. The results were averaged to determine the average temperature increase for that mill. The income figures are based on average household earnings divided by population. Men hold an average total of 21,026 compared with women's average total of 13, 989. As a result, more radiation is blocked, and the average surface temperature of the earth increases. As a result, average payouts are expected to rise by about 20% under new rules. The average total income has also risen by a phenomenal amount. As a result, the average salary of women constitutes two thirds of men's salaries. To calculate payment entitlements, the single payment is divided by the average area held by the farmer in the base period. These data show that the total average approval time increased to 213 days from 172 days. Mutant frequencies were calculated by dividing the median number of mutants by the average number of total cells. As this model is analyzed only in terms of average payoffs, these results are not affected by these assumptions. He pointed out that cold weather over the remainder of the year could bring the average total temperature down. On the scalp, where hair is usually densest and longest, the average total number of hairs is between 100000 and 150000. As a result, the average age of first time purchase in the UK is increasing. The sliding velocity was obtained by dividing the average value of the lengths of tracks by the given period of time. What this means is that there are inefficiencies within the firm or industry resulting in rising average costs. The primary reason is that using differing time frames to obtain average returns will lead to different results. Synonyms mean, median, medial, middle 1.1 Of the usual or ordinary standard, level, or quantity. 普通的，平常的 a woman of average height 中等身高的妇女。 Example sentencesExamples Price airfares and vacation packages on several different sites to see what the average rate is for your travel dates. Wave equations normally describe an average wave height; they don't describe rogues. It is a long way, and the average height above sea level is more than 2000 metres. Normally super-fit people, say marathon runners, have an average heart rate of 65. Those rates beat the average level of ownership in most European countries. How long do members think it will take to pay off that amount, at an average interest rate of 18 percent? Although Perth's average CO level is within the standard, increasing car use will cause the level to rise. Thus, lower rates of migration in the population lead to stronger average levels of association. He was of average height by Aetheris standards, with a swimmer's physique, and a handsome face. That means sea level has been rising at an average rate of 1.8 millimetres per year. If you have an average level of fitness, that's approximately the length of time it would take you to do two laps of Savannah if you are running. That's about normal for the time of year and is the average level of registrations expected. Today's average levels are not typical of values throughout human evolution. The fertility rate measures the average number of children women aged 15 to 49 will have in their lifetime. We've already had in excess of twenty people audition, and I'd say the average level of talent is in excess of our expectations. In determining the expected level of use, consider both the average rates and any surges in use. This average rate of profit, in turn, regulates the prices of production. This isn't due to a sudden drop in average IQ levels, but to a secret backroom deal between lavvy manufacturers and environmentalists. According to Greenpeace, the ratio of power consumption to GDP in Bulgaria is nine times the average level in Europe. I would have one single rate of Vat or harmonise our excise duties to the average EU level. Synonyms ordinary, standard, usual, normal, typical, regular, unexceptional 1.2 Having qualities that are seen as typical of a particular person or thing. 通常的，典型的 the average teenager prefers comfort to high fashion Example sentencesExamples They are your average scally lads, bad hair, tight jeans, unwashed, smelly, drunken. An average day at Standard Chartered will involve meetings on forthcoming deals, relations with governments or internal issues. And since his childhood Gary has gone from strength to strength and now enjoys a range of hobbies like any average teenager. This results in the average person being able to do things with computers they've never been able to do before. The day was rough by normal standards, that is, the standards of an average Roman citizen who live in Byzantium. Chris Brand reports poll results showing that the average Brit is a lot more tough-minded than the British government. As a result, the average photographer is more likely to use the technology and use it successfully. According to a government census the average adult watches a total of about 70 days of TV per year! The two boys showed a camera crew around their average lad's room with its posters, messy CD racks and superhero bedding. Bow Wow may be more famous than the average teenager, but that hasn't made him exempt from life's growing pains. Your average record store can obtain any CD the vast majority of customers are going to reasonably want. If you took a caricature of the average teenager and reversed almost every attribute, you would get Elizabeth. According to the survey, the quality of the average diet of Chinese people has improved significantly. This means the average teenager with 20 bucks in his pocket is going to be hard pressed to buy a single CD. Leisure is passé and foolish even for the average teenager today. As a result, the average citizen today not only feels, but in reality is quite removed from the political process. It is even so when they just arrived in a city in which the average water quality is not as good. As the great musical icon of the Sixties counterculture, Dylan has always been expected to live up to higher moral standards than the average rocker. As a result, the average baby is not born at the optimal weight for avoiding an early death. Fourth, one has to face the fact that the quality of the average PhD is not as good as it might be. 1.3 Mediocre; not very good. 平庸的；一般的 a very average director who made very average movies 一个制作极平庸影片的极平庸导演。 Example sentencesExamples This task is done in considerable detail, but also with more than adequate explanation for the average player. Perry is prone to injury, but when he's healthy, he's an adequate defensive player with average power. The full frame video is a carbon copy of years past, with adequate and average colors, definition, and detail. Mateo has good range defensively at second with only an average arm. The Transporter combines decent action with a mediocre story to produce a very average film. In the end too much of the hour is simply spent watching the company logo and films that are no more funny or dramatic than your average home movie. I looked away from the window to see a guy wearing plain, average clothes. I didn't apply myself, preferring to spend most of high school in a gloom, so I got only average results except in English. This week's quote is from a similarly average movie. Of course, there are a lot of teachers who are only average, just as there are average dentists and so-so lawyers. It's just your average forgettable movie knockoff of a better movie. UCD were decidedly average and were second best in a goalless draw. The seasons, frighteningly unfamiliar to your average cook, are second nature to Susan and Margaret. I don't find the cinema experience awesome enough to warrant sitting through average movies. It may not make your movie good, but it will make the movie different from your average film. The first was the flavoring: your average butter, sugar vanilla frosting ingredients. The stories are out and most groups are sort of satisfied with a pretty average result. What's wrong with being average and mediocre in studies, if you're excellent at life skills? Suggests that she only cares about social status, which is actually not as true as the average teen movie would have it. Some of my time in the weekend was spent watching average movies. Synonyms mediocre, second-rate, uninspired, undistinguished, ordinary, commonplace, middle-of-the-road, mainstream, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, unmemorable, indifferent, humdrum, nothing special, everyday, bland, run-of-the-mill, not very good, pedestrian, prosaic, lacklustre, forgettable, amateur, amateurish verbˈav(ə)rijˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ 1with object Achieve or amount to as an average rate or amount over a period of time. 平均达到 annual inflation averaged 2.4 percent 年通货膨胀平均达到2.4%。 Example sentencesExamples She had been contracted to average a 20-hour week but was averaging only 15 to 16 hours a week. The company continues to expand at a rate averaging 30 new stores a month. A teacher in California maybe averages an annual salary of $52,000. On agricultural goods the custom duty rate will average 74 per cent, the same as last year. The US economy has averaged around four percent annual growth over the past five years. The business now concentrates solely on milk production, averaging an annual output of 2.3 million litres. He averaged the least amount of playing time he had since his second season. Iran has one of the highest road accident rates in the world, averaging five deaths every two hours. Later the line moved indoors; we were told that the wait had averaged two hours for the entire day. The German air force claims the Eurofighter has averaged an hour a week in the air. Inflation is expected to average 0.7 per cent this year and 1.1 per cent next year. People living in Glasgow city centre boast some of the lowest car-ownership rates, averaging one car for every five adults. By the end of the year, inflation will average between seven and eight per cent. The upshot is that the parents of Irish babies are averaging a mere 5.5 hours of unbroken sleep. If cities like Manchester and Sheffield can average six per cent, why can't we? Angelini said mainland occupancy rates averaged 66 per cent in the first four months of the year. They are demanding pay increases to keep pace with inflation which is currently averaging 3 percent a year. For example, in Canada part-time wages average 55.9 percent of full-time wages. It also said that the rate of unemployment is expected to average 4.2 per cent this year and next year. At the nearby Lady Tennyson small amounts of copper ore averaging twenty-five to thirty percent were also raised. 1.1 Calculate or estimate the average of (figures or measurements) 计算（或估计）…的平均值 their earnings, averaged out over the month, were only $62 a week Example sentencesExamples Global scores were calculated by averaging the results of all tests with z scores. The growth rates were estimated from coleoptile lengths averaged over two independent experiments. The estimated treatment effects at the four visits were averaged to give a summary estimate of effect over one year. Although this can arise just by chance for some loci, averaging estimates over loci reduces the problem. Estimates from several modes can be averaged to decrease the experimental error. RGR is then calculated for each pair, and the values averaged over all pairs. Ratios between hydrostatic and osmotic root Lp r were calculated for individual roots which were then averaged. You, in turn, average their estimates and take the result as the collective output. Peak exercise variables were calculated by averaging the final 30 seconds of exercise. Mean values for each trait were calculated by averaging the population replicates for each species. Proportions were first averaged for each nestling with multiple bill load estimates. In each region, we averaged the estimates of all studies. First, we calculated the overall mean by averaging the predicted means for each study group. These estimates were calculated for each locus and averaged over all loci. Scores for these global scales were calculated by averaging item responses. Item ratings were averaged to calculate an overall SDO score for each participant. The calculations were then averaged from questionnaires sent to each woman every two years. Two area calculations of the same tracing are averaged to determine the wound area. We calculated a mean exclusion probability by averaging the probabilities for individual nests. In this case, the running average was calculated by averaging each point with its neighbor on either side. 1.2average outno object Result in an even distribution; even out. 平均分配 it is reasonable to hope that the results will average out 希望结果能平均分配，这很合理。 Example sentencesExamples In contrast to thermodynamics, where molecular motions can be averaged out over macroscopic scales, genetic details do influence phenotypic evolution. It'll be slightly more money, but if it means I use it more then it'll all average out and be worth it in the long run. Because the capacity on each parallel ring is shared between the nodes, traffic variations are averaged out - the network is more robust to unforeseen changes in traffic behavior. You just hope that the good averages out the bad. The hydrofoil surfaces swept up and down producing lift forces which averaged out over the whole cycle to a forwardly directed propulsive resultant force. It is always difficult with a new school in a new area, you can never get it spot on, but the problem does average out over a few years so that there are only local children at the school. Recording times averaged out quite well over about a month of almost daily use. Yes, he went for more than we expected, but some go for more, some for less, and you hope it averages out. The price you pay for units over time averages out - and provided the unit price when you come to cash up your investments is higher than the average you paid for units, you will make a profit. Thus, during the measurement of the autocorrelation profile the properties of gel and fluid domains may, to a certain degree, be averaged out. The theory goes, says Escherich, that whether one buys high or low, it all averages out. This involved cutting out a pie-shaped wedge of bone, so it was bent towards my thumb below the knuckle, and then bent the other way at my knuckle, to average out sort of unbent. But we're averaging out across the week and you find out that those individuals will make up the time, they will sleep in extra over the weekend to make up for their own sleep deficit. Funny, but the squeakers don't all average out. It probably all averages out, with some fluctuations. It has been calculated that if the total rainfall over the Earth were averaged out, each place would get something like 800 millimetres of rain a year. Grown-ups burn more than kids; but it all averages out: 14 floor lamps per person, lit round the clock. Every parent should resist the urge to see our kids as extraordinary - each child has talents and develops some skills earlier than others, but most of them average out. When the signal is correlated with a dwell time much longer than its frequency, the signal gets effectively averaged out in each dwell time and the calculated correlation function gets damped. Running the X-Dream at about the halfway mark performance averages out, and the noise output is very tolerable. 1.3average out at/tono object Result in an average figure of. 平均为 the cost should average out to about $6 per page 费用应该平均为每页六英镑。 Example sentencesExamples The ideal size on a national basis averages out to 2.4 children per family. One vehicle acquired in September 2002 has only done 2,710 recorded miles, averaging out at just under 25 miles a week. In the first half of 2005 alone, 2,672 miners died in mining-related accidents in China, which averages out to more than one person 14 people per day. According to recent statistics, roughly $50 billion is spent annually in the U.S. on weddings, which averages out to $20,000 per wedding. I don't see anything even slightly wrong with that, as long as the total number of minutes of advertising over the entire 3 hours of the program averages out to 16 minutes per hour. That averages out to about $111 million a year on the $750 million investment, or about a 15% annual return. While I can appreciate that some tenants may be in temporary difficulties, the total figure is now averaging out at £5 for each council house we own, and this represents a very large sum of money. ‘Power failures are averaging out to two to three hours a day at a stretch,’ explains his friend, a Faisal Town resident. However, the figure for the year should average out at 2%. Total transactions on the exchange, which trades in gold and agricultural commodities, more than doubled last year from 388,000 lots in 2003 to 999,000 lots, averaging out at 3,842 lots per day. Today's initial jaunt covered 0.67 of a mile and took 5.5 minutes at a maximum speed of 10 mph, averaging out at 7 mph. That averages out at 9706 a week, or 1386 every single day. The year has just begun and there have already been more than 60 murders, which averages out to about 4 murders per day. The top six polls' latest results average out at 40.9 percent for the ruling coalition. The compensation is to paid in recognition of the inconvenience caused by additional traffic going to and from the landfill and averages out at 6500 a year. My subscription is for 1 DVD at a time costing £7.97 per month, but by paying 3 months in advance at a cost of £18.91 the monthly cost averages out at just over £6.30. It averages out to about $3.90 a serving, which doesn't seem too bad (if I got 6 servings out of each, it would be $2.60). I'm not sure it even averages out to 2 hours a day. All results were taken 6 times and averaged out to one result over a 48 hour period. Now, my circulation figures average out to about 150,000-200,000 readers per month. Origin Late 15th century: from French avarie ‘damage to ship or cargo’, earlier ‘customs duty’, from Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awār ‘damage to goods’; the suffix -age is on the pattern of damage. Originally denoting a duty payable by the owner of goods to be shipped, the term later denoted the financial liability from goods lost or damaged at sea, and specifically the equitable apportionment of this between the owners of the vessel and of the cargo (late 16th century); this gave rise to the general sense of calculating the mean (mid 18th century).
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