discrepancy
翻译
差异, 矛盾, 不符
例句
There is a discrepancy in the financial records.
财务记录中有差异。
They found a discrepancy between the two reports.
他们发现两份报告之间存在差异。
语法模式
a discrepancy in ((sth.)) （在…中的）差异 There was a discrepancy in his statement.
a discrepancy between ((A)) and ((B)) （A和B之间的）差异 The police found a discrepancy between the two accounts.
近义词
同义词: inconsistency, difference, disparity; 反义词: agreement, consistency, similarity
词源
源自拉丁语“discrepare”，意为“发出不同的声音”，由“dis-”（分开）和“crepare”（发出嘎吱声）组成。
记忆技巧
想象两个声音发出不同的“嘎吱声”（dis-crep）。这种声音上的差异就代表了一种差异或不一致。