discrepancy
翻譯
差異, 矛盾, 不符
例句
There is a discrepancy in the financial records.
財務記錄中有差異。
They found a discrepancy between the two reports.
他們發現兩份報告之間存在差異。
文法模式
a discrepancy in ((sth.)) （在…中的）差異 There was a discrepancy in his statement.
a discrepancy between ((A)) and ((B)) （A和B之間的）差異 The police found a discrepancy between the two accounts.
近義詞
同義詞: inconsistency, difference, disparity; 反義詞: agreement, consistency, similarity
詞源
源自拉丁語「discrepare」，意為「發出不同的聲音」，由「dis-」（分開）和「crepare」（發出嘎吱聲）組成。
記憶技巧
想像兩個聲音發出不同的「嘎吱聲」（dis-crep）。這種聲音上的差異就代表了一種差異或不一致。