#作为附注,顺便说句题外话,和by the way意思相近,例句:
@1:As a side note, there is no equivalent to tapply in the plyr package.
#各种/各类/所有的,例句
@1:In order to improve all the mechanism, we' are looking across the range of all the platforms and areas.
注意力集中于(某事),聚焦于,对准(使(枪炮)瞄准(某目标)),例句:
@1:When we had all zeroed in our guns on the enemy post, we opened fire.
@2: The plane zeroed in on the arms factory and distroyed it with one bomb.
# 归结为,浓缩成,意味着
@1:It could simply boil down to a lack of opportunity: Women still earn less than menworking the same jobs and are underrepresented in the boardroom.
这可以简单地归结为:机会的缺少。同样的工作中妇女的收入仍旧比男性少,在董事会中的席位也如此。
@2:Many data problems boil down to statistical tests
5. indoor and outdoor stadiums
@1:室内和露天大型运动场(或体育馆)
6. TV commentators
@1:电视评论员
7. during pregnancy
@1:怀孕期间:
8. bell-shaped curve
钟形曲线
@1:For many random variables, a good choice is the normal distribution, oftenrepresented as a bell-shaped curve, shown in Figure 1(对于许多随机变量来说,一个好的选择是正态分布,常常表现为一个钟型曲线,如图1 所示)
9. alternative hypothesis
@1:备择假设
10. computationally intensive
需要大量运算的!
@1:Fisher’s exact test can be very computationally intensive for large tables, so statisticians
usually use an alternative test: chi-squared tests。
#左右手均能击球的运动员
@1:As you can see, the proportion of switch hitters (bats=="B") increases with higher batting average(击球率)
#马赛克图/拼花图
vt. 规划/制定;用公式表示;明确地表达
@1:If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully. 构想出 (计划或提案);
Little by little, he formulated his plan for escape:他一点一点地构想出了他的逃跑计划
@2:If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words. 用独特的词语表述
I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas:我对他表述自己想法的独特用词印象深刻。
# 专有的,特有的,私有的,专利的
R is a good substitute for expensive, proprietary statistics software packages