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单词 percentage
释义 per·cent·age
\pə(r)ˈsentij, -tēj\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: percent (I) + -age
1.
 a. : a part of a whole expressed in hundredths : rate in percent
  < the higher the income, the larger is the percentage saved — George Soule >
 b. : the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
2.
 a. : a share of winnings or profits : commission, cut
  < some of my troupe of clients … brought me thick slices of percentage — Christopher Morley >
 b. : advantage, profit
  < no percentage in going around looking like an old sack of laundry — Wallace Stegner >
  < there must be some percentage in this for the kid — J.A.MacEwen >
3. : an indeterminate part or number : proportion
 < a high percentage of textbook publishers are themselves former school teachers — Textbooks in Education >
4.
 a. : a likelihood based on cumulative statistics : probability
  < more use is made of the percentage today, such as playing the hitter where he hits the ball most of the time — Ted Williams >
 b. : the mathematical odds in favor of success
  < chooses his career, his connections, his mistresses … solely on the percentages — Isaac Rosenfeld >
 specifically : the degree by which a gambler's expectancy of winning exceeds that of his opponent
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