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Variance Change Difference Word Things   [Formal 正式 英

英语单词 variance
英美音标 英 ['veəriəns] 美 ['veriəns]
中文释义 n.不一致;变化;[数]方差
英语例句 (1) We are at variance about our lodger.
(2) Variance between transeunt request and self judgement.
(3) This theory is at variance with the known facts.
(4) I have felt the variance in temperature.
(5) Analysis of variance was used for data analysis.
中文例句 (1) 我们在对待房客的问题上意见不一。
(2) 外在的要求常和自己的判断不一致。
(3) 这种理论与已知事实不符。
(4) 我已经感觉到温度的变化。
(5) 资料采用方差分析。
vocabulary简明 A change to the norm is called a variance. It suggests a difference or shifting away from the expected or usual, an example being snow in July, which is a variance in the weather of the United States, even in Minnesota.
vocabulary扩展 When the word variance is used in a comparison, it is usually preceded by the word "at," as in "Her values were at variance with her actions," meaning the two differed. This makes sense, as the word, first seen in Middle English, comes from the Latin verb variāre, which means "to change." If a contractor needs to go outside the standing building code, he needs to obtain a variance, which is legal permission to make a change from the norm.
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[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.
  [v-link PHR]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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.
  [usu with supp]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...the variances in the stock price.

    股票价格的变化

  • ...total revenue variance.

    总收入的差异

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