percentage
noun
pəˈsentɪdʒ
noun
1
an
amount
expressed
as
if
it
is
part
of
a
total
which
is
100
百分比，百分率
C,U
[+
of
]
The
percentage
of
school
leavers
that
go
to
university
is
about
five
per
cent.
中学毕业后上大学的学生约为 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)
.
按百分比来看数字很小。
percentage
change/increase
etc
Crime
figures
showed
significant
percentage
increases.
犯罪数量的百分比急剧增加。
2
a percentage of
If
the
noun
that
follows
is
plural,
use
a
plural
verb.
如果跟在 a percentage of 后面的名词是复数，动词也用复数形式
Only
a
small
percentage
of
people
are
interested
in
politics.
只有一小部分人对政治感兴趣。
3
a
share
of
the
profits
利润分成，提成
C usually singular 一般用单数
She
gets
a
percentage
for
every
record
sold.
每卖出一张唱片她可得到一份提成。
4
there is no percentage in doing sth
used
to
say
that
doing
something
is
not
going
to
help
or
be
useful
[英，非正式] 做某事没有好处 （利益 ）
BrE informal
There’s
no
percentage
in
worrying.
担心也没有用。