Not only was he far slower than the average, but the pattern of his results was strange.

研究结果显示他的测试结果不仅远远慢于平均水平，而且其模式也十分奇怪。

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Meanwhile, across all US colleges, the average loss was 23 per cent (a pattern similar to the GIC, which saw losses of 20 per cent in the year to March 2009).

同期，全美所有高校的平均损失为23%(与GIC模式类似，截至2009年3月，GIC的年度损失也达到了20%)。

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Also, a rough sinusoidal pattern can be seen in plotting average daily temperatures for each day of the year, although the graph may resemble an inverted cosine wave.

此外，一个粗略的正弦曲线图表可以在每天或每年的平均每日温度平面图表中看到，虽然这个图形可能和倒置的余弦波看起来很像。

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The chart of the Dow Jones Transportation Average reveals that the pattern of lower highs in 2012, line b, has just been broken.

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The on-balance volume (OBV) plot does not help us much, as the huge volume on September was 30 times the daily average, which distorts the OBV pattern.

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If a weaver is going to invest six weeks in making a 4-foot-by-7-foot rug, she usually picks a pattern guaranteed to please an average buyer--somebody who doesn't want to be intellectually challenged by a floor covering.

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