percentage
Definitions
A proportion or share expressed as a fraction of 100.
百分比；百分率；以百分之几表示的比例。
A share of profits or winnings (informal).
（非正式）分成；提成。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedpercent (per centum, 'by the hundred') + -age (a noun suffix for amount or measure). Where percent is the rate read off a number, percentage is the noun for the proportion itself: 'a high percentage of the budget.'
Root cent still carries 7 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.a high percentage很高的比例
- 2.a small percentage很小的比例
- 3.percentage of……的百分比
- 4.percentage increase百分比增长
- 5.percentage point百分点
Example Sentences
- 1.
A large percentage of the company's profit comes from overseas sales.
- 2.
Only a small percentage of applicants are accepted each year.
- 3.
The agent takes a percentage of every deal she closes.
Easily Confused
percentage vs percent — percentage is the noun for a proportion in general (a small percentage of voters); percent goes right after a number (five percent). Also note 'percentage point': going from 40% to 45% is a rise of five percentage points, not five percent.