percentage
noun
uk/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/percentagenoun(AMOUNT)
B2[C]
anamountof something, oftenexpressedas anumberout of 100:
百分比,百分率What percentage of womenreturntoworkafter having ababy?生完小孩后继续工作的女性占多大比例?
Interestrateshaverisenby two percentagepoints.利率增长了两个百分点。
- The percentage oflivebirthscontinuestoincrease.
- Policeonlyrecovera verysmallpercentage ofstolengoods.
- What percentage of theadultmalepopulationisunemployed?
- Interestrateshaverisenby two percentagepoints.
- Thesefiguresareexpressedas a percentage of thetotal.
Numerical relationships
- absolute maximum
- absolute minimum
- arithmetic progression
- cardinality
- decreasing
- differential
- golden ratio
- intersect
- inverse function
- inverse proportion
- linear
- linearly
- percent
- proportion
- prorate
- prorated
- quantile
- ratio
- recursion
- trinomial
percentagenoun(ADVANTAGE)
[U]USinformal
anadvantage:
好处,利益There's no percentage inworkingsuchlonghours.这样加班加点地工作可没什么好处。
Advantage and disadvantage
- a stick to beatsomeonewithidiom
- an ace upyoursleeveidiom
- attraction
- be well in thereidiom
- be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom
- head start
- hold all the cardsidiom
- in
- in the right place at the right timeidiom
- it's tough at the topidiom
- lock
- lose
- profit
- scent bloodidiom
- secret weapon
- silver lining
- stick
- the best of both worldsidiom
- tough
- trouble