per cent

英 [pə ˈsent]

美 [pər ˈsent]

n.  百分之…
adj./adv.  每一百中

医学

Oxford 3000

牛津词典

noun

• 百分之…
  one part in every hundred
  1. Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.
     贫困家庭大约花费收入的80%到90%购买食物。
  2. It is often stated that we use only 10 per cent of our brain.
     常有报告称人只运用了大脑的10%。
  3. What per cent of the population is/are overweight?
     体重超重的人占人口多大的百分比？

adj.

adv.

• 每一百中
  by in or for every hundred
  1. a 15 per cent rise in price
     价格上扬15%
  2. House prices rose five per cent last year.
     去年房价上涨百分之五。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 百分之…
  You useper centto talk about amounts. For example, if an amount is 10 per cent (10%) of a larger amount, it is equal to 10 hundredths of the larger amount.
  1. 20 to 40 per cent of the voters are undecided...
     20%到40%的选民还犹豫不决。
  2. We aim to increase sales by 10 per cent...
     我们的目标是将销售额提高10%。
  3. The area has an unemployment level of 40 per cent.
     该地区失业率达40%。
  4. Per centis also an adjective.
     
  5. There has been a ten per cent increase in the number of new students arriving at polytechnics this year.
     今年，理工学院的新生入学人数增加了10%。
  6. Per centis also an adverb.
     
  7. ...its prediction that house prices will fall 5 per cent over the year...
     它作出的有关房价年内将下跌5%的预测
  8. It's 50 per cent wool, 50 per cent acrylic.
     它含50%的羊毛、50%的丙烯酸纤维。

双语例句

• We aim to increase sales by 10 per cent
  我们的目标是将销售额提高10%。
• Wall Street was rocked by the news and shares fell 4.3 per cent by the end of trading.
  这则消息震惊了整个华尔街，股票在交易日结束时下跌了4.3%。
• Kenya's population is growing at 4.1 per cent per annum.
  肯尼亚人口正以每年4.1%的速度增长。
• The pound had sunk 10 per cent against the Schilling.
  英镑对奥地利先令的比价已经下跌了10%。
• Bank base rates of 7 per cent are too high.
  7%的银行基准利率太高了。
• Are you a hundred per cent sure it's your neighbour?
  你百分之百肯定是你的邻居吗？
• Over the past 12 months the company has managed a 10 per cent improvement.
  在过去的12个月里，公司的业绩提高了10%。
• The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.
  第一季度的股息增长了近4%。
• He believes prices will not rise by more than another 4 per cent.
  他认为物价涨幅不会再超过4个百分点。
• Head teachers yesterday submitted a claim for a 9 per cent pay rise.
  校长们昨天提交了一份要求加薪9%的声明。