per cent

noun

1. 百分之…
   one part in every hundred
   1. Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.
      贫困家庭大约花费收入的80%到90%购买食物。
   2. It is often stated that we use only 10 per cent of our brain.
      常有报告称人只运用了大脑的10%。
   3. What per cent of the population is/are overweight?
      体重超重的人占人口多大的百分比？

adj.

adv.

1. 每一百中
   by in or for every hundred
   1. a 15 per cent rise in price
      价格上扬15%
   2. House prices rose five per cent last year.
      去年房价上涨百分之五。

1. N-COUNT 百分之…
   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.
   1. 20 to 40 per cent of the voters are undecided...
      20%到40%的选民还犹豫不决。
   2. We aim to increase sales by 10 per cent...
      我们的目标是将销售额提高10%。
   3. The area has an unemployment level of 40 per cent.
      该地区失业率达40%。
   4. Per cent is also an adjective.
      
   5. There has been a ten per cent increase in the number of new students arriving at polytechnics this year.
      今年，理工学院的新生入学人数增加了10%。
   6. Per cent is also an adverb.
      
   7. ...its prediction that house prices will fall 5 per cent over the year...
      它作出的有关房价年内将下跌5%的预测
   8. It's 50 per cent wool, 50 per cent acrylic.
      它含50%的羊毛、50%的丙烯酸纤维。

1. He believes prices will not rise by more than another 4 per cent.
   他认为物价涨幅不会再超过4个百分点。
2. Bank base rates of 7 per cent are too high.
   7%的银行基准利率太高了。
3. 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%。
4. 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%。
5. 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%。
6. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month
   上个月失业率降到了6.9%。
7. The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.
   第一季度的股息增长了近4%。
8. 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%。
9. 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%。
10. Are you a hundred per cent sure it's your neighbour?
    你百分之百肯定是你的邻居吗？
11. 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%。
12. 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%。
13. Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month
    上个月销售额上升了0.4%。
14. 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。
15. 20 to 40 per cent of the voters are undecided
    20%到40%的选民还犹豫不决。
16. We aim to increase sales by 10 per cent
    我们的目标是将销售额提高10%。
17. The area has an unemployment level of 40 per cent.
    该地区失业率达40%。
18. The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent
    银行的利润骤降了87%。
19. More than 70 per cent of those polled said that they approved of his record as president.
    超过70%的被调查者称对他总统任期的政绩表示满意。
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. 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。
25. Of the 9,660 cases processed last year, only 10 per cent were totally rejected.
    去年受理的9,660宗案件中，只有10%被完全驳回。
26. Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
    就业人口中有将近13%已失业。