statistic
[stə'tɪs.tɪk] noun
statistics
IMPROVER [plural] (informal stats)
■information based on a study of the number of times something happens or is present, or other numerical facts 统计数据；统计资料•Statistics show/suggest that women live longer than men.统计资料显示女性寿命比男性长。 •According to official statistics, the Japanese work longer hours than workers in most other industrialized countries.根据官方统计数字，日本人比其他大多数工业国家劳工的工作时间都要长。 uncountable
■the science of using information discovered from studying numbers 统计学
countable
■a fact in the form of a number that shows information about something 统计数字•The city's most shocking statistic is its high infant mortality rate.这座城市最令人震惊的统计数字是其高婴儿死亡率。 |