percent
英 [pəˈsɛnt]
美 [pərˈsɛnt]
n. 百分之…
Collins.5 / BNC.2802
同义词辨析
percentpercentage【导航词义：百分比】
percentn. 百分之…
〔辨析〕
只和基数词连用。
〔例证〕
House prices have increased by twenty percent.
房价涨了20%。
85 percent of the population in that town has computers.
该城镇有85%的居民拥有电脑。
房价涨了20%。
85 percent of the population in that town has computers.
该城镇有85%的居民拥有电脑。
percentagen. 百分比，百分率
〔辨析〕
指以百分数表示的数量或比率；和数字连用时，其后常接 point(s)。
〔例证〕
A low percentage of the population was illiterate.
人口中少数是文盲。
The percentage of married women who have part-time jobs is about 75 percent.
已婚妇女中从事兼职工作的比例约为75%。
Interest rates increased by five percentage points.
利率增加了5个百分点。
人口中少数是文盲。
The percentage of married women who have part-time jobs is about 75 percent.
已婚妇女中从事兼职工作的比例约为75%。
Interest rates increased by five percentage points.
利率增加了5个百分点。
牛津词典
- 百分比用文字表示为twenty-five per cent，用数字表示为25%。
Percentages (= numbers of per cent) are written in words as twenty-five per cent and in figures as 25% . - 百分比与不可数名词或单数名词连用时，动词一般为单数：
If a percentage is used with an uncountable or a singular noun the verb is generally singular.- 90% of the land is cultivated.
90%的土地已耕种。
- 90% of the land is cultivated.
- 如果是单数集合名词，北美英语动词用单数，英国英语用单、复数均可：
If the noun is singular but represents a group of people, the verb is singular in NAmE but in BrE it may be singular or plural.- Eighty per cent of the work force is/are against the strike.
百分之八十的劳动力都反对这次罢工。
- Eighty per cent of the work force is/are against the strike.
- 如果名词为复数，动词用复数：
If the noun is plural, the verb is plural.- 65% of children play computer games.
65%的孩子玩电脑游戏。
- 65% of children play computer games.
英英释义
noun
- a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
双语例句
- He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.
他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。 - Prices have gone up 61 percent since deregulation.
价格自解除管制以来已经上涨了61%。 - Doctors were disturbed that less than 30 percent of the patients were women
医生们焦虑不安，因为患者中有不到30%为女性。 - The US government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year
美国政府称今年的玉米产量应该会比去年提高8%左右。 - He paid 20 percent down.
他付了20%的钱款。 - The registration of the university shows an increase of 10 percent over last year.
这所大学的注册人数比去年递增了10%。 - The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent
寻求避难的家庭户增加了17%。 - Fewer than 10 percent of applicants are granted political asylum by German courts.
申请政治庇护者中，只有不到10%获得了德国法庭批准。 - Crime has gone down 70 percent
犯罪率下降了70%。 - 30 percent of reptiles, birds, and fish are currently threatened with extinction.
目前，30%的爬行动物、鸟类和鱼类面临灭绝的危险。