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n.百分数,百分率,百分比

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percentage为高中词汇   词频:2715

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cent=hundred(百)

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part  proportion  quota  rate  ratio    

percentage


/pə'sentɪdʒ; pɚ`sɛntɪdʒ/
n
1 [C] rate, number or amount in each hundred 百分比; 百分率
*The figure is expressed as a percentage. 那数字是以百分比表示的.
* The salesmen get a percentage (ie a commission) on everything they sell. 这些推销员可从推销的商品上获得一定百分比的佣金.
* [attrib 作定语] a percentage increase in ticket prices 票价上涨的百分比.
2 [sing or pl v] proportion 比例; 部分
*What percentage of his income is taxable? 他的收入有多少需纳所得税?
* An increasing percentage of the population own their own homes. 自己有房子的人占人口比例越来越大了.

percentage


n
[U and C]
an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100
percentage of
 The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent.
 Tax is paid as a percentage of total income.
high/low/small percentage
 A high percentage of married women have part-time jobs.
 Interest rates fell by six percentage points (=6%) .
 The numbers are small in percentage terms (=when calculated as a percentage) .
percentage change/increase etc
 Crime figures showed significant percentage increases.
[C usually singular]
a share of the profits
 She gets a percentage for every record sold.
there is no percentage in doing sth
BrE informal used to say that doing something is not going to help or be useful
 There's no percentage in worrying.
HINT sense 1
If the noun that follows a percentage of is plural, use a plural verb: Only a small percentage of people are interested in politics.

1. Women now form more than half the workers; the percentage is rising as they start up small businesses of their own, often working from home.
    如今妇女占劳动者数量的一半以上;随着她们建立起了自己的小公司,且常常在家上班,这一比例还在上升。

2. The population explosion on our planet has been increasing at an alarming rate but the percentage of increase is decreasing.
    我们星球上的人口爆炸状况正在以惊人的速度加剧着,不过增长的百分比在减小。

3. And a similar high percentage among Hasidic Jews (哈西德派犹太教徒) in New York and among Turkish and Afghan Muslims (阿富汗穆斯林教徒) — gives one pause.
    在纽约的哈西德派犹太教徒中,以及在土耳其和阿富汗的穆斯林教徒中,也有同样高的成功率。

4. A large percentage of the budget is for armaments.
    预算的一大部分是为国防。

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