[PHRASE 短语](与…)不一致,相矛盾 If one thing is at variance with another, the two things seem to contradict each other.
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Many of his statements were at variance with the facts...
他的说法有很多和事实不符。
This idealistic concept is at variance with reality.
这种理想主义的观念和现实相矛盾。
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[N-VAR 可变名词]差异;不同 The variance between things is the difference between them.
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...the variances in the stock price.
股票价格的变化
...total revenue variance.
总收入的差异
Oxford
vari·anceAWL/ˈveəriəns; NAmEˈveriəns;ˈværiəns/noun[uncountable , countable ]( formal) the amount by which sth changes or is different from sth else 变化幅度;差额◆variance in temperature温差◆a note with subtle variances of pitch音高有细微变化的音符IDIOMat ˈvariance (with sb/sth)( formal) disagreeing with or opposing sb/sth 看法不一;矛盾;冲突◆These conclusions are totally at variance with the evidence.这些结论与证据完全相悖。variancevariancesvari·ance/ˈveəriəns; NAmEˈveriəns;ˈværiəns/
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variancevar‧i‧ance /ˈveəriəns $ ˈver-/AWL noun
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1be at variance (with somebody/something) formal if two people or things are at variance with each other, they do not agree or are very different: Tradition and culture are often at variance with the needs of modern living.2[countable, uncountable] formal the amount by which two or more things are different or by which they change → differential: a price variance of 5%3[countable] American English law the official permission to do something different from what is normally allowed: The developer requested a variance to build a shopping center on the east side of town.
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variance
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变化(81%),不一致(19%)
n.变异;变化;不一致;分歧;[数] 方差
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