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percent

🇬🇧 UK/pә'sent/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 1kIELTSB1

Definitions

n.

A proportion expressed as parts per hundred, written with the symbol %.

百分比;百分数

adv.

For or out of every hundred.

每百分之…

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
perthrough, thoroughly
+
centhundred; accent, song
=percent

Common Collocations

  • 1.percent increase百分比增加
  • 2.percent change百分比变化

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The interest rate increased by three percent over the previous year.

  • 2.

    About ninety-five percent of students passed the final examination.

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