| 单词 | percent |
| 释义 | percent (once / 59 pages) n A percent is part of something, split into a hundred pieces. For example, fifty percent of forty is twenty. You'll hear a lot about percent and percentages in math. A percent can go from 0 percent to 100 percent. A percent is calculated by comparing a part of something compared to the whole. A baseball player's batting average is a percent. Athletes are known for talking about numbers that are impossible, like "I gave 110 percent!" You can do that in slang, but don't try it in math class. WORD FAMILYpercent: percents USAGE EXAMPLESThe statewide rate was 26 percent, compared with 38 and 39 percent in the two counties. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Ninety days after diagnosis, 51 percent reported fatigue, 32 percent cough, and 28 percent shortness of breath. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Thus, for most people, 80 percent of the calories we expend each day are due to RMR. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) n a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) Syn|Hypo|Hyper pct, per centum, percentage absentee rate the percentage of workers who do not report to work occupancy ratethe percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time vacancy ratethe percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time unemployment ratethe percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date hospital occupancyoccupancy rate for hospitals hotel occupancyoccupancy rate for hotels proportion the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole |
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