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data n.数据；资料名词datum的复数形式. (1) 这些数据应该每星期更新一次。(2) 现有的资料十分不足。(3) 资料仍在分析中。 Data is the plural of Latin datum "something given." In scientific use, the word data is often considered to be a plural noun meaning "pieces of information": The data are reliable. But most people think of data as a mass noun meaning "information" and use the word with a singular verb and pronoun: The data is reliable because it was tested by experts.

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英 ['deɪtə] 美 ['deɪtə] (1) The data should be updated once a week.(2) Very little data is available.(3) The data is still being analyzed. Data is information, specifically, facts and numbers used to analyze something or make decisions. Computer data is information in a form that can be processed by a computer. datum is sometimes used as the singular form of data. datum 有时用作 data 的单数形式。1[N-UNCOUNT； also N-PLURAL 不可数名词；复数名词]（尤指可用于分析的）资料，材料，数据（美国英语中通常用作复数名词；在专业或正式的英国英语中有时用作复数名词，有时用作不可数名词) You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun. The study was based on data from 2,100 women...这项研究基于从 2,100 名女性那里收集来的资料。...the latest year for which data is available...有可利用资料的最近的年份To cope with these data, hospitals bought large mainframe computers.为处理这些数据，医院购入了一些大型主机。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](可存储并为计算机程序所用的）数据 Data is information that can be stored and used by a computer program.   [COMPUTING 计算机]You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM.可以把大量的数据压缩到一张CD-ROM上。

英语单词	data
英美音标	英 ['deɪtə] 美 ['deɪtə]
中文释义	n.数据；资料名词datum的复数形式.
英语例句	(1) The data should be updated once a week. (2) Very little data is available. (3) The data is still being analyzed.
中文例句	(1) 这些数据应该每星期更新一次。 (2) 现有的资料十分不足。 (3) 资料仍在分析中。
vocabulary简明	Data is information, specifically, facts and numbers used to analyze something or make decisions. Computer data is information in a form that can be processed by a computer.
vocabulary扩展	Data is the plural of Latin datum "something given." In scientific use, the word data is often considered to be a plural noun meaning "pieces of information": The data are reliable. But most people think of data as a mass noun meaning "information" and use the word with a singular verb and pronoun: The data is reliable because it was tested by experts.
柯林斯解释	datum is sometimes used as the singular form of data. datum 有时用作 data 的单数形式。 1 [N-UNCOUNT； also N-PLURAL 不可数名词；复数名词]（尤指可用于分析的）资料，材料，数据（美国英语中通常用作复数名词；在专业或正式的英国英语中有时用作复数名词，有时用作不可数名词) You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun. The study was based on data from 2,100 women... 这项研究基于从 2,100 名女性那里收集来的资料。 ...the latest year for which data is available... 有可利用资料的最近的年份 To cope with these data, hospitals bought large mainframe computers. 为处理这些数据，医院购入了一些大型主机。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](可存储并为计算机程序所用的）数据 Data is information that can be stored and used by a computer program. [COMPUTING 计算机] You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM. 可以把大量的数据压缩到一张CD-ROM上。

Data Plural Information Form Facts Computer Word Noun