cent

noun

1. 分（辅币单位，相当于许多国家主币面值的1%，如美元或欧元的1%）；分币
   a coin and unit of money worth 1% of the main unit of money in many countries, for example of the US dollar or of the euro

1. See also: A cup of rice which cost thirty cents a few weeks ago is now being sold for up to one dollar... We haven't got a cent. per cent

1. Bank base rates of 7 per cent are too high.
   7%的银行基准利率太高了。
2. Revenue from brown goods, including televisions and hi-fis, rose nearly 12 per cent.
   包括电视机和高保真音响在内的黑色家电的销售收入增加了将近12%。
3. A cup of rice which cost thirty cents a few weeks ago is now being sold for up to one dollar
   几个星期前卖30美分一杯的米饭，如今卖到1美元。
4. We haven't got a cent.
   我们身无分文。
5. A 22 per cent increase in car travel corresponds with a 19 per cent drop in cycle mileage per person
   乘车出行者的比率上升了22%，与之相对应，人均骑自行车的行驶里程下降了19%。
6. After the deduction of tax at 20 per cent, the interest rate will be 6.2 per cent.
   扣除了20%的税后，利率将为6.2%。
7. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month
   上个月失业率降到了6.9%。
8. The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.
   第一季度的股息增长了近4%。
9. The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September
   截至9月，当年的货币供应增加了14.6%。
10. Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent
    七八月间，石油产品价格下降了0.2%。
11. Are you a hundred per cent sure it's your neighbour?
    你百分之百肯定是你的邻居吗？
12. Over the past 12 months the company has managed a 10 per cent improvement.
    在过去的12个月里，公司的业绩提高了10%。
13. In 1990 personal incomes grew a nominal 6.8 per cent.
    1990年个人收入名义上增长了6.8%。
14. Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month
    上个月销售额上升了0.4%。
15. 60 per cent of dogs and ten per cent of cats have pedigrees.
    60%的狗和10%的猫有血统记录。
16. Kenya's population is growing at 4.1 per cent per annum.
    肯尼亚人口正以每年4.1%的速度增长。
17. We aim to increase sales by 10 per cent
    我们的目标是将销售额提高10%。
18. The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent
    银行的利润骤降了87%。
19. 18 per cent of women ranked sex as very important in their lives
    18%的女性认为性在她们的生活中是很重要的。
20. The firm's sales of repossessed properties is up by 40 per cent.
    这家公司收回房产的销售额上升了40%。
21. Wall Street was rocked by the news and shares fell 4.3 per cent by the end of trading.
    这则消息震惊了整个华尔街，股票在交易日结束时下跌了4.3%。
22. The pound had sunk 10 per cent against the Schilling.
    英镑对奥地利先令的比价已经下跌了10%。
23. Head teachers yesterday submitted a claim for a 9 per cent pay rise.
    校长们昨天提交了一份要求加薪9%的声明。
24. 96 per cent of the eligible employees took up the offer.
    符合条件的雇员有96%接受了这个条件。
25. I welcome the news that attacks on women on the railways are 19 per cent down.
    铁路上发生的袭击妇女事件下降了19%，这一情况我听了很高兴。
26. Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
    就业人口中有将近13%已失业。

n.

put in your two cents' worth

put in your two cents' worth

noun

1. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

   Synonym:    pennycentime

2. a fractional monetary unit of several countries