【average音标】 英[ˈævərɪdʒ] 美[ˈævərɪdʒ]
【单词释义】 average是什么意思：
adj.平常的；平均的；典型的，普通的；
n.平均数；平均水平；（速度等的）平均率；平均估价
vt.[数学] 计算…的平均值；调和，拉平；分摊；按比例（或平均）分配（利润等）
vi.平均：作为或达到一个中间值；维持（有利的）平均价格
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] averages [第三人称单数] averages
[单词现在分词] averaging
[单词过去式] averaged
[单词过去分词] averaged
【average形近词/近似词】
leverage n.影响力；杠杆力，杠杆作用 v. 举债经营
beverage n.饮料
coverage n.[U]覆盖范围；新闻报道；保险范围；信息范围
brokerage n. [U]佣金；回扣；中间人业务；[C]经纪公司；代理公司
【近义词解析】
◇ 中间的，中等的
average (adj. 中等的，适中的)：通常用于数量。They have an average-sized backyard.
median (adj. 中间的)：指处于中间位置的或在一组数值中居中的。
medium (adj. 中等的)：通常用于大小、水平、数量等。
【单词例句】
◇ The first task, completed in silence, was completed in an average time of 20 minutes and 59 seconds. However, the second transcription exercise that involved music was completed in an average time of 17 minutes and 42 seconds; a difference of three minutes and 17 seconds, or 15%.
第一项在静默中完成的抄写任务，平均完成时间为20分59秒。而在听音乐时执行的第二个任务平均完成时间为17分42秒，相差3分17秒，即15%。
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ The exoplanet is 22% larger and 80% more massive than Earth, making it a super-Earth. The researchers estimate that it has an average temperature of 490 degrees Fahrenheit. It completes one orbit around the star every 3.9 days.
这颗系外行星体积比地球大22%，质量比地球高80%，使之成为“超级地球”。研究人员估计它的平均温度为490华氏度（约合254摄氏度）。这颗行星的公转周期为3.9天。
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ Their average age was 72. The women all agreed to clip on wearable devices to track their steps as they went about their day-to-day activities.
她们平均72岁，这些女性都同意在日常活动中佩戴可穿戴设备，跟踪自己的步数。
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ It involved 26 adults with an average age of 64, all diagnosed with coronary artery disease, caused by plaque buildup in the walls of the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
平均年龄为64岁的26名成人参与了这个试验，他们全都确诊冠心病，这种病是由给心脏供血的冠状动脉内壁斑块的累积导致的。
---- Study finds laughter is good for heart health
◇ The new study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, drew from data from more than 1 million male Swedish conscripts between 16 and 25, who were followed for an average of 33 years from 1968 to 2005.
这项发表在《英国运动医学》杂志上的新研究查看了超100万名16岁至25岁瑞典男性士兵的数据，从1968年到2005年这些人被跟踪调查平均长达33年。
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ The average human can see ten million colors, but red is special. Turns out, it's one of the first colors our ancient ancestors thought important enough to name.
普通人能看见1000万种颜色，但红色是很特别的。原来，祖先们命名的第一批重要颜色中就有红色。
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ New Zealanders work an average of 1,752 hours a year, making them close to average compared with their OECD peers. Germans spend the least amount of time working annually, closely followed by Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, while Mexicans, Koreans and Costa Ricans clock the most.
新西兰人每年平均工作1752个小时，接近经济合作与发展组织其他成员国的平均水平。德国人每年的平均工作时间是最短的，其次是丹麦人、挪威人和荷兰人，而墨西哥人、韩国人和哥斯达黎加人的工作时间是最长的。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ Perhaps the most spectacular feature of the Grand Canyon, its Redwall limestone cliff, stands about half way up the chasm and is practically vertical. Its average height is 550 feet --- almost exactly that of the Washington Monument.
也许，大峡谷最引人注目的风貌特色是“红墙”石灰石悬崖，它耸立在裂口半当中，几乎是垂直的。它的平均高度为550 英尺--几乎和华盛顿纪念碑一样高。
---- The Grand Canyon