Average

(noun.) an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; 'he is about average in height'; 'the snowfall this month is below average'.

(noun.) a statistic describing the location of a distribution; 'it set the norm for American homes'.

(noun.) (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities.

(verb.) compute the average of.

(verb.) achieve or reach on average; 'He averaged a C'.

(verb.) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; 'The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40'.

(adj.) lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; 'average people'; 'the ordinary (or common) man in the street' .

(adj.) around the middle of a scale of evaluation; 'an orange of average size'; 'intermediate capacity'; 'medium bombers' .

(adj.) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; 'the average income in New England is below that of the nation'; 'of average height for his age'; 'the mean annual rainfall' .

(adj.) lacking exceptional quality or ability; 'a novel of average merit'; 'only a fair performance of the sonata'; 'in fair health'; 'the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average'; 'the performance was middling at best' .

整理:马提

• It is only a hostile average-sensual-man background against which the philosophers and poets stand out. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In 1854 there were 111 millions of passengers conveyed on railways, each passenger travelling an average of 12 miles. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The average spectator today can see a defect in an exhibited film as quickly as an expert. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It was an average body of American citizens aroused to action by an obvious evil. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• In genera having more than the average number of species in any country, the species of these genera have more than the average number of varieties. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• By this apparatus 560 nickels can be milled in a minute; for large pieces the average is 120. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This would have lengthened the average reign of each Pope, and enormously increased the continuity of the policy of the church. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He was travelling with every conceivable advantage, and he averaged under five miles an hour. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The ground fought over had varied in width, but averaged three-quarters of a mile. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If their average speed be taken at ten knots, they have averaged a saving of over a month at sea on each voyage from coast to coast. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Most of them spun around forty times in a minute, and one artist averaged about sixty-one times a minute, and kept it up during the whole twenty-five. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This output, together with 75,000 horse rakes, also made, averaged a complete machine for every forty seconds in the year, working ten hours a day. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I have endeavoured to test this numerically by averages, and, as far as my imperfect results go, they confirm the view. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We travelled at least eighteen miles an hour, when at full speed, and made the whole distance averaging probably as much as twelve miles an hour. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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