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🔑 per cent (especially BrE) (NAmE usually per·cent) BrE /pə ˈsent/ 🔊NAmE /pər ˈsent/ 🔊 (symbol %) noun (
plural
per cent
, per·cent
)
one part in every hundred 百分之…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?<titled tranID="1" status="1">expressing percentages</titled>
  • Percentages (= numbers of per cent) are written in words as twenty-five per cent and in figures as 25%. 百分比用文字表示为 twenty-five per cent,用数字表示为 25%。
  • If a percentage is used with an uncountable or a singular noun the verb is generally singular. 百分比与不可数名词或单数名词连用时,动词一般为单数90% of the land is cultivated. * 90% 的土地为可耕地。
  • 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. 如果是单数集合名词,美式英语动词用单数,英式英语用单、复数均可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。
🔑 per cent (especially BrE) (NAmE usually per·cent) BrE /pə ˈsent/ 🔊NAmE /pər ˈsent/ 🔊 (symbol %) adjective, adverbby, in or for every hundred 每一百中a 15 per cent rise in price价格上扬 15%House prices rose five per cent last year. 去年房价上涨了百分之五。🔊🔊