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per cent adjective, adverb OPAL WOPAL S /pə ˈsent/ /pər ˈsent/ (especially British English) (North American English usually percent) (symbol %) Idioms - by, in or for every hundred每一百中
- a 15 per cent rise in price价格上扬 15%
- The company announced a 21 per cent increase in profits. 该公司宣布利润增长21%。
- House prices dropped 8 per cent last year.去年房价下跌了8%。
- Dairy product prices jumped (= increased by)10.4 per cent in April.4月份乳制品价格上涨了10.4%。
- Shares in the company are up 1.9 percent. 该公司的股票上涨了1.9%。
Topics Moneya2词源mid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.
Idioms - in every way在各方面 synonym completely
- I'm not a hundred per cent sure.我不能百分之百肯定。
- My family supports me one hundred per cent.我的家人全力支持我。
- completely fit and healthy完全健康
- I still don't feel a hundred per cent.我还是觉得有些不舒服。
Topics Health and Fitnessc2
per cent noun OPAL WOPAL S /pə ˈsent/ /pər ˈsent/ (especially British English) (North American English usually percent) (symbol %) (plural per cent, percent) Idioms - one part in every hundred百分之…
- per cent of something/somebody 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。
- 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%。
- What per cent of the population is/are overweight?体重超重的人占人口多大的百分比？
- Sales increased by 5 percent last year.去年销售额增长了5%。
Grammar Point expressing percentagesexpressing percentages- Percentages (= numbers of per cent) are written in words as twenty-five per cent and in figures as 25%.
- 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。
- If the noun is singular but represents a group of people, the verb is singular in North American English but in British English 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。
- If the noun is plural, the verb is plural:如果名词为复数，动词用复数：
- 65% of children play computer games.65% 的孩子玩电脑游戏。
Topics Moneya2 Collocations Dictionaryverb + per cent- account for
- amount to
- be equal to
- …
preposition- about five, ten, etc. per cent
- around five, ten, etc. per cent
- by five, ten, etc. per cent
- …
phrases- a boost of five, ten, etc. per cent
- an improvement of five, ten, etc. per cent
- an increase of five, ten, etc. per cent
- …
词源mid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.
Idioms give a hundred (and ten) per cent - to put as much effort into something as you can; to give even more effort than could be expected尽力而为；付出比预期更多的努力
- Every player gave a hundred per cent tonight.今天晚上所有的运动员都尽了最大的努力。
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