昂立外語【新概念培訓】分享average，average這個名字在新概念的學習中一定不陌生，可是這個詞還有著你完全想不到的意思，你知道嗎？
先來看一篇 來自BBC news：The total value of world income is closing in on $70 trillion per year, and there are seven billion people in the world, so the average income is heading towards $10,000 (￡6,273) per person per year. （quoted from Where are you on the global pay scale? By Ruth Alexander）
今天跟各位分享average這個詞,下面大家就跟著Jocelyn老師一起來回憶一下我們新概念課文中出現的average吧！
L72 A car called Bluebird: After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour.
課文中還有一句：His average speed had been 301 miles per hour.
那么average有沒有其他用法呢？讓我們來總結一下吧~~
① adj. 平均的 e.g. Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.
② adj. 普通的 e.g. I was only average academically.
③ n. 均值 e.g. Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.
④ v. （一段時間）平均值為 e.g. We averaged 42 miles per hour.
詞組：on average 總體上：e.g. On average, American firms remain the most productive in the world.
近義詞辨析：
medium, middle, average
這些形容詞均含“中等的，平均的，適中的”之意。
medium： 指按照某種標準來說是適中或中等的。這種標準可以是通過儀器測量而來，也可能是憑經驗而得出。
middle：一般指時間、空間或過程兩端間等距的部分。
average： 通常用來形容優劣難分的平庸或折衷情況，也指理論上的平均標準。
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