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percentage

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Related topics: Maths, Business basics
per·cen·tage /pəˈsentɪdʒ $ pər-/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun  
1 [countableC, uncountableU]HMAMOUNT an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100 百分比,百分率
percentage of
 The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent.
中学毕业生上大学的比例约为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,这些数字很小。
percentage change/increase etc
 Crime figures showed significant percentage increases.
犯罪数量的百分比有显著增加。
GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?
If the noun that follows a percentage of is plural, use a plural verb after it: 如果 a percentage of 之后的名词是复数,其后要用复数动词
Only a small percentage of people are interested in politics.
只有一小部分人对政治感兴趣。
2 [countableC usually singular]BB a share of the profits 利润分成,提成
 She gets a percentage for every record sold.
每卖出一张唱片她都可得到一份提成。
3 there is no percentage in doing something British EnglishBrE informalADVANTAGE used to say that doing something is not going to help or be useful 做某事没有好处[利益]
 There’s no percentage in worrying.
担心也没有用。
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
high/large
A high percentage of our students pass the exam.
small/low
Only a small percentage of people suffer from the allergy.
significant
We get a significant percentage of our oil from Nigeria and Angola.
percentage + NOUN
a percentage point (=one percent)
The party increased its share of the vote by almost 4 percentage points.
a percentage increase/change
Poorer pensioners experienced the greatest percentage increase in their pensions.
phrases
in percentage terms
The quantity of carbon dioxide was, in percentage terms, extremely small.
verbs
express something as a percentage
The number is expressed as a percentage of the total population of the country.
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From Longman Business Dictionary
percentageper·cen·tage /pəˈsentɪdʒpər-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
1an amount considered as part of a total which is 100
percentage of
What percentage of sales are generated abroad?
Rental companies bought a high percentage of the vehicles sold.
Spending on research and development as a percentage of profits is low.
2percentage increase/decrease/rise etc the increase, decrease etc considered as part of a total which is 100
The percentage increase in the construction sector was much higher than in manufacturing.
per·cen·tage noun →GRAMMAR1n COLLOCATIONS1
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