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 ExamplesThere 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
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- account for
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- exist
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- 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)