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The adverb of statistical: according to the numbers, or when you work it out by statistical method. Two everyday jobs.
The adverb of statistical這是statistical的副詞 according to the numbers, or when you work it out by statistical method意思是根據數字或是用統計方法算出來的 Two everyday jobs日常生活裡有兩種常見的用法
First, it opens a sentence to signal "here comes what the data says": Statistically, flying is safer than driving. Read that carefully — it means across all flights and all drives, not that your particular flight is safe.
First第一種 it opens a sentence to signal 'here comes what the data says'它放在句子開頭表示「接下來要講數據怎麼說」 Statistically, flying is safer than drivingStatistically, flying is safer than driving.(就統計上來說,搭飛機比開車安全。) Read that carefully要仔細讀這句話 it means across all flights and all drives它的意思是把所有航班和所有開車行程加起來看 not that your particular flight is safe不是說你這一趟飛機一定安全
Second, and much more often, it lives inside the set phrase statistically significant, which is a technical term people all the time. It does NOT mean big, or important. It means the difference the researchers found is unlikely to be just chance — the effect is probably real, even if it is tiny. A new drug can be statistically significant and still barely help anyone.
Second, and much more often第二種用法更常見 it lives inside the set phrase statistically significant它出現在固定片語statistically significant(統計上顯著)裡 which is a technical term people misunderstand all the time這是一個常常被大家誤解的專業術語 It does NOT mean big, or important它並不是「很大」或「很重要」的意思 It means the difference the researchers found is unlikely to be just chance它的意思是研究者發現的差異不太可能只是巧合 the effect is probably real, even if it is tiny這個效果很可能是真的即使效果很小 A new drug can be statistically significant and still barely help anyone一種新藥可以在統計上顯著但實際上幾乎幫不到什麼人
You also meet statistically speaking, a softer, more conversational version of the first use. All of these belong to news, reports and academic writing.
You also meet statistically speaking你也會遇到statistically speaking(就統計上而言) a softer, more conversational version of the first use這是第一種用法比較柔和、比較口語的版本 All of these belong to news, reports and academic writing這些用法都屬於新聞、報告和學術寫作
組成statistical + -ly。-ly 是最常見的副詞字尾(quick→quickly、careful→carefully),這裡把形容詞 statistical 變成副詞。
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- statisticalthe adjective it is built from
- statisticsthe root noun
- quicklysame -ly adverb ending
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
statisticallyadv/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kə.li/
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In a statistical way.
- He made his point statistically.
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From a statistical point of view.
- Statistically, the study was almost worthless.
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From statistical evidence.
- Statistically, what he said is true.
- Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。