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N-COUNT
平均數；均值
An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.
例句
Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.
算出那些比率的平均值再乘以100。
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N-SING
約數;平均值
You use average to refer to a number or size that varies but is always approximately the same.
例句
It takes an average of ten weeks for a house sale to be completed.
售出一幢房子平均需要10周的時間。
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ADJ
一般的;通常的;普通的
An average person or thing is typical or normal.
例句
The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day...
普通成年男子每天消耗的熱量為1,500到2,000卡路里。
Packaging is about a third of what is found in an average British dustbin.
英國垃圾桶里平均約有1/3是產品包裝。
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N-SING
正常數量;一般水平
An amount or quality that is the average is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people.
例句
Most areas suffered more rain than usual, with Northern Ireland getting double the average for the month.
大部分地區降雨超過通常水平，北愛爾蘭地區本月的降水量則為平均值的兩倍。
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ADJ-GRADED
普通的；尋常的；一般的
Something that is average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better.
例句
I was only average academically.
我的學習成績一般。
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VERB
（一段時間內）平均值為
To average a particular amount means to do, get, or produce that amount as an average over a period of time.
例句
We averaged 42 miles per hour.
我們的平均時速是每小時42英里。
...pay increases averaging 9.75%.
9.75％的工資平均增長幅度
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PHRASE
平均起來；按平均值
You say on average or on an average to indicate that a number is the average of several numbers.
例句
American shares rose, on average, by 38%...
美國股票價格平均上漲了38％。
On an average we would be spending ￡300 per day.
平均下來，我們每天要花費300英鎊。
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PHRASE
基本上；大體上
If you say that something is true on average, you mean that it is generally true.
例句
On average, American firms remain the most productive in the world.
總體來講，美國公司在全球范圍內還是產值最高。