"it set the norm for American homes"
"he is about average in height" "the snowfall this month is below average"
"the average income in New England is below that of the nation" "of average height for his age" "the mean annual rainfall"
"average people" "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
"a novel of average merit" "only a fair performance of the sonata" "in fair health" "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average" "the performance was middling at best"
"an orange of average size" "intermediate capacity" "medium bombers"
"the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
"the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20" "the median income for the year was $15,000"
"The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"
"He averaged a C"
误 I don't think the book will appeal to the average readers.
正 I don't think the book will appeal to the average reader.
析average作“一般”解时,后面的名词用单数形式。