average /ˈævəridʒ/ I. n. 1.［c］平均数: The average of 3 and 10 and 5 is 6. 3, 10和5的平均数是6。 2.［u］一般水平: above the average 平均水平以上；below the average 平均水平以下；up to the average 达到一般水平［考句］The average runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutes.一般跑步人15分钟可以跑2英里。an average of… 平均有(跟数词)：An average of ten students are absent each day. 每天平均有10个学生缺席。on an/the average 平均起来，一般数来：He smokes twenty cigarettes a day on an average. 他平均每天吸20支烟。On average we receive 5 letters a day. 平均起来，我们每天收到5封信。‖II. adj. 平均的，一般的：The average age of the boys in this class is fifteen. 这个班男孩的平均年龄是15岁。She reacts just like the average housewife. 她的反应就像一般的家庭妇女一般。‖III. link v.平均为，把…加以平均：The cost of our lunches averages 40 dollars a week. 我们中饭的开支平均每周要40美元。The rainfall averages 36 inches a year. 降雨量平均每年为36英寸。If you average 7, 14 and 6, you get 9. 7, 14和6平均为9。