| 单词 | percentage |
| 释义 | Word family noun precent percentage adjective percent adverb percent Related topics: Maths, Business basicsper·cen·tage /pəˈsentɪdʒ $ pər-/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun 1 [countable, uncountable]HMAMOUNT an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100 百分比，百分率percentage of The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent. 中学毕业生上大学的比例约为5%。 Tax is paid as a percentage of total income. 税款是按照总收入的百分比支付的。high/low/small percentage A high percentage of married women have part-time jobs. 已婚妇女兼职的比例很高。 Interest rates fell by six percentage points (=6%). 利息下降了6个百分点。 The numbers are small in percentage terms (=when calculated as a percentage). 按百分比来看，这些数字很小。percentage change/increase etc Crime figures showed significant percentage increases. 犯罪数量的百分比有显著增加。 GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?If the noun that follows a percentage of is plural, use a plural verb after it: 如果 a percentage of 之后的名词是复数,其后要用复数动词Only a small percentage of people are interested in politics. 只有一小部分人对政治感兴趣。2 [countable usually singular]BB a share of the profits 利润分成，提成 She gets a percentage for every record sold. 每卖出一张唱片她都可得到一份提成。3 there is no percentage in doing something British English informalADVANTAGE used to say that doing something is not going to help or be useful 做某事没有好处[利益] There’s no percentage in worrying. 担心也没有用。n COLLOCATIONSadjectiveshigh/large A high percentage of our students pass the exam.small/low Only a small percentage of people suffer from the allergy.significantWe get a significant percentage of our oil from Nigeria and Angola.percentage + NOUNa percentage point (=one percent)The party increased its share of the vote by almost 4 percentage points.a percentage increase/changePoorer pensioners experienced the greatest percentage increase in their pensions.phrasesin percentage termsThe quantity of carbon dioxide was, in percentage terms, extremely small.verbsexpress something as a percentageThe number is expressed as a percentage of the total population of the country.Examples from the Corpuspercentage• In January, polls showed Dole was leading his nearest rival by 23 percentage points.• The section length occupied by the respective injury grades was expressed as a percentage of the total section length.• He gets a percentage for every book that is sold.• The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points.• They develop mainly in fresh tap water, especially if it contains a high percentage of calcium salts.• Most of the coffee we produce is for export -- a high percentage goes to the US.• A high percentage of businesses fail because of the collapse of a major customer or supplier.• A high percentage of the coffee they produce goes to the US.• A relatively small number of questions on percentages was used in the tests developed by the project.• The disease is serious, and in a small percentage of cases it can be fatal.• Only a small percentage of African American employees were considered for promotion.• The writer only receives a small percentage of the profits from each book sold.• The percentage of patients with normal mucosa was significantly less in the alcoholic group compared with the normal groups.• The percentage of pensioners living below the poverty line has increased by 15% in the last four years.• The percentage of women students at the university has increased steadily.• It also shows that the Thatcher government found it difficult to implement its objective of quickly reducing this percentage.• This percentage is based on price changes during the last 30 days.• What percentage of our students passed the exam?percentage of• The percentage of students over 35 has increased.From Longman Business Dictionarypercentageper‧cen‧tage /pəˈsentɪdʒpər-/ noun [countable, uncountable]1an amount considered as part of a total which is 100percentage ofWhat percentage of sales are generated abroad?Rental companies bought a high percentage of the vehicles sold.Spending on research and development as a percentage of profits is low.2percentage increase/decrease/rise etc the increase, decrease etc considered as part of a total which is 100The percentage increase in the construction sector was much higher than in manufacturing.per·cen·tage noun →GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable if as a Corpus amount part Business of an it is expressed |
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