variance
美音:
[´verıəns
]英音:
[´verıəns
]n.不一致,变化,变异,变迁,分歧,不和
难易程度:
variance为短语/超纲词汇
词根
var(i)=diverse(不同的),to change(变化)
近义词, 同义词
variance
/'veərɪəns; `vɛrɪəns/
n (idm 习语) at variance (with sb/sth) (fml 文) disagreeing or having a difference of opinion (with sb); in conflict (with sth) (与某人)意见不一, 有分歧; (与某事物)冲突, 矛盾
*Jill and Sue are at variance (with each other) over/about their lodger. 吉尔和休在对待房客的问题上(彼此)意见不和.
* set people at variance (among themselves), ie make them quarrel 使大家不睦
* This theory is at variance with the known facts. 这种理论与已知事实不符.
variance
n
be at variance (with sb/sth)
formal if two people or things are at variance with each other, they do not agree or are very different
Tradition and culture are often at variance with the needs of modern living.
[U and C]formal
the amount by which two or more things are different or by which they change
a price variance of 5%
[C]law
the official permission to do something different from what is normally allowed
The developer requested a variance to build a shopping center on the east side of town.