sta‧tis‧tic S2 W3 AC / stətɪstɪk / 名词

1 statistics

a) [复数形式] a set of numbers which represent facts or measurements :

the official crime statistics

statistics for

statistics for injuries at work

Statistics show that 50% of new businesses fail in their first year.

b) [不可数名词] the science of collecting and examining such numbers :

Statistics is a branch of mathematics.

2 [单数形式] a single number which represents a fact or measurement :

The statistic comes from a study recently conducted by the British government.

3 a statistic informal if someone is just a statistic, they are just another example of someone who has died because of a particular type of accident or disease :

We can’t let these boys become just another statistic.

— statistical 形容词 :

statistical evidence

— statistically / -kli / 副词 :

The variation is not statistically significant. → vital statistics

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + statistics

official statistics Official statistics indicate that educational standards are improving.

government statistics According to government statistics, only two percent of lone parents are aged under twenty.

national statistics National statistics greatly underestimate levels of heroin use.

crime/economic/unemployment etc statistics The economic statistics tell a grim story.

动词

statistics show/indicate something Statistics show that 80 percent of dog attacks take place in the home.

statistics suggest something Housing conditions are far worse than the statistics suggest.

compile/collect/gather statistics Police have not yet compiled statistics for this year.