好词典

unrepresentative

UK //ˌʌnˌreprɪˈzentətɪv//US //ˌʌnˌreprɪˈzentətɪv//

词源

前缀 un-(表示否定) + representative(代表性的),源自拉丁语 repraesentare(表现,代表)。

adjective

❶ 不能代表整体的,缺乏代表性的。指某事物或样本未能准确反映更大群体的特征或情况。

“The survey results are unrepresentative because only young people were interviewed.”

(调查结果缺乏代表性,因为只采访了年轻人。)

“This small sample is unrepresentative of the entire population.”

(这个小样本不能代表整个人口。)

同义词:atypical, nonrepresentative, untypical

常见短语

unrepresentative sample — 指统计学中不能准确反映整体特征的样本,可能导致错误结论。

“Drawing conclusions from an unrepresentative sample can lead to misleading results.”

(从不具代表性的样本中得出结论可能导致误导性结果。)