dis·crep·an·cy
noun/dɪˈskrepənsi/
/dɪˈskrepənsi/
[countable, uncountable] (plural discrepancies)
- a difference between two or more things that should be the same
差异；不符合；不一致 - discrepancy (in something) wide discrepancies in prices quoted for the work
这项工作的报价出入很大 - discrepancy between A and B What are the reasons for the discrepancy between girls' and boys' performance in school?
女生和男生在学校表现不同的原因何在呢？
Extra Examples- There were wide discrepancies in the evidence.
证据中有很大出入。 - How do you explain the apparent discrepancies between the money and the receipts?
你如何解释金额与收据的明显出入？ - She failed to notice the discrepancy between the name on the cheque and the name on the driving licence.
她没有注意到支票上的名字与驾驶执照上的名字不符。 - the glaring discrepancy between the crime and the punishment
罪与罚的严重不符
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- glaring
- great
- …
- account for
- explain
- discover
- …
- exist
- arise
- occur
- …
- discrepancy between
- discrepancy in
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin discrepantia, from discrepare ‘be discordant’, from dis- ‘apart, away’ + crepare ‘to creak’. - discrepancy (in something) wide discrepancies in prices quoted for the work