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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
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  1. 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.乳制品价格在4月份上涨了10.4％。
    • Shares in the company are up 1.9 percent. 该公司股价上涨了1.9％。
    Topics Moneya2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.
Idioms
a/one hundred per cent
  1. in every way 每一百中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。
  2. completely fit and healthy百分之…
    • 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
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  1. 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
    Oxford 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
    • …
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.
Idioms
give a hundred (and ten) per cent
  1. to put as much effort into something as you can; to give even more effort than could be expected
    • 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。