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小词详解 | discrepancy
discrepancy 英 [dɪsˈkrepənsi] 美 [dɪsˈkrepənsi]
How to explain the discrepancy? One possible answer is that bad loans are a lagging indicator.
如何解释这种不一致?一个可能的解释是不良贷款是一个滞后的指标。
——《经济学人》In late 2008, according to one internal email, a C.I.A. official giving a briefing expressed concern about the discrepancy and was told by Mr. Hayden, then the agency’s director, “to keep the number at 98” and not to count any additional detainees.
根据一封内部电子邮件,2008年底,一名美国中央情报局官员在做简报时对这一差异表示担忧,时任局长海登告诉他“继续用98这个数字”,不要算上任何其他在押人员。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 两个或多个事实之间缺乏兼容性或相似性
这两份账单之间有些出入。
There is some discrepancy between the two bills.
上个月这一纠纷在该医疗巨兽被告上法庭时达到了高潮。但由于证人们提供的证词出现多处矛盾,官司败诉了。
The dispute culminated last month in a lawsuit against the medical behemoth. But the lawsuit was lost because of discrepancies in the statements of the witnesses.
Langdon motioned to the glaring discrepancy. "Da Vinci painted the horizon line on the left significantly lower than the right."
兰登指着这明显的差异说:“达·芬奇将左边的地平线画得明显低于右边的地平线。”
disparity: a great difference variance: the fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent deviation: the action of departing from an established course or accepted standard