We all know how that worked out for many of the players, but firms that survived relatively unscathed did so because they didn't just focus on the average default rates when analyzing investments.

我们都知道很多公司最后的结局，但那些相对安然无恙的公司所以能幸存，因为他们在析投资时并不只关注平均违约率。

This startling disparity in wealth is according to a report from the charity Oxfam.

慈善机构牛津饥荒救济委员会（Oxfam）发布了这份关于财富严重不平均的报告。

In fact, the runners lived, on average, three years longer than the non-runners.

事，步者平均比不步者要多活三年。

The problem up here is not that it receives a low amount of rain on average but that it receives that rain largely all at once and over ridiculously variable periods of time.

这里的问题不在于平均降雨量低，而在于降雨基本都次性的，而且在极不稳定的时间段内。

There remains a shocking imbalance in the global distribution of vaccines. On average, in high-income countries, almost one in four people has received a vaccine. In low-income countries, it's one in more than 500.

在全球疫苗配方面仍然存在令人震惊的不平衡。平均而言，在高收入国家，几乎四的人接种了疫苗。在低收入国家，这比例为五百。

This fighting hypothesis, where an imbalance in the population results in an advantage for left-handed fighters or athletes, is an example of negative frequency-dependent selection.

这斗争的假设因人数的不平均造成左撇子的战士或者运动员有优势，个很好的负频率相关选择的例子。

We avoid talking about the skewed distribution of the planet's wealth and income, dreaming instead that we can grow our way out of the problem.

我们总避免谈论全球财富和收入配的不平均和不合理，而梦想着我们能够通过经济增长解决这些问题。

He notes the cost to provide all children with primary education is much less than the average cost of not providing the schooling.

他指出，为全部儿童提供小学教育的成本要远远低于不提供教育的平均成本。

The anisotropy means that light can scatter unevenly in this medium, these rays don't bounce around in all directions with equal probability.

各向异性表明光可以在此媒介中不平均地散射，这些光线不会以相同几率向四面反弹。

This Bartleby's analysis of British data similarly shows that job quality in the manufacturing sector is no better than average.

笔者对英国数据的析同样表明，制造业的工作质量并不高于平均水平。

But in reality, the odds aren't even — for every 100 girls born, the world gains about 106 baby boys.

但际几率并不平均——每出生 100 个女孩，世界多了 106个男孩。

They could hold valuable insights even if they don't fit the average mold.

即使它们不符合平均模式，也可能蕴含宝贵的见解。

We also use it for elegance, which means sophisticated, not common, above average.

我们也将它用于优雅， 这意味着精致、不普通、高于平均水平。

Why don't we just use arithmetic mean all the time?

为什么我们不直使用算术平均数呢？

I actually don't think it's the average.

我际不认为这平均值。

Therefore, there is no average quantity of labor from which to derive a price.

因此，不存在个平均劳动量来作为推导价格的依据。

I don't know what the above average move was.

我不知道面平均的那步操作什么。

No, I averaged 13 miles a gallon last week.

不，我周平均油耗每加仑13英里。

I mean, I don't know what the average is right now.

我的意思，我不知道现在的平均水平多少。

You know, I'm not concerned about the average annual price.

你知道，我并不关心年平均价格。