per cent

柯林斯詞典

per cent /p?r?s?nt/ (per cent)

• 1. N-COUNT You use per cent to talk about amounts. For example, if an amount is 10 per cent (10%) of a larger amount, it is equal to 10 hundredths of the larger amount. 百分數(shù) (通常用%表示)

  Sixteen per cent of children live in poverty in this country. 這個國家百分之十六的孩子生活在貧困中。

  Sales of new homes fell by 1.4 per cent in August. 新房的銷售量在8月份下降了1.4%。

• 2. ADJ Per cent is also an adjective. 百分之…的[ADJ n]

  ...a 15 per cent increase in border patrols. …邊境巡邏15%的增加。

• 3. ADV Per cent is also an adverb. 百分之…地[ADV with v]

  He predicted sales will fall 2 per cent to 6 per cent in the second quarter. 他預計第二季度的銷售量將下降2%至6%.

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