| 单词 | percentage |
| 释义 | percentage (pəʳsentɪdʒ ) Word forms: percentages countable noun B2 A percentage is a fraction of an amount expressed as a particular number of hundredths of that amount. Only a few vegetable-origin foods have such a high percentage of protein. [+ of] Collocations: certain percentage The idea was to buy a certain percentage of your home, for example 25 per cent, and then pay rent to a housing association on the remaining 75 per cent. The Sun (2012) By law, a certain percentage of a product must be natural for the product to be declared "natural". The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988) The tax might be charged as a certain percentage of the goods value or as an amount per unit. Business Studies Basic Facts (1990) A large percentage of the staff at the new centre are under 21. The Sun (2013) They still make up a large percentage of Internet users. Christianity Today (2000) This is an emotive subject and a large percentage of the public say their voice has not been properly heard. Times, Sunday Times (2009) New programming to measure the percentage of slip in the wheels was successful in preventing the rover from getting stuck again. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 'data' then measured the percentage of parents who said that it had improved compared with those who said that it had not. Times, Sunday Times She measured the percentage of cells with neurites, and the number and length of these extensions. The Scientist Asymmetric lambda measures the percentage improvement in predicting the dependent variable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Memory performance can be indicated by measuring the percentage of stimuli the participant was able to recall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The problem with the previous cap was it was a percentage of revenue. Times,Sunday Times That would inflate both losses and the percentage of revenue being spent on salaries. Globe and Mail Costs, surprisingly, are up, both in absolute terms and as a percentage of revenue. Globe and Mail One approach will be to pay a smaller percentage of revenue to employees than in previous years. Times, Sunday Times Instead of paying rent to the owner, the management company shares a percentage of revenue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In reality, only a small percentage of the population has access to such a sum and most are urban residents. Times, Sunday Times A surprisingly large percentage of the population ignores the advice. Times, Sunday Times Recent surveys found a high percentage of the population views farmers favourably. Times, Sunday Times With prices so high that only a tiny percentage of the population can afford them, the words 'timeless classic' have more currency than ever. Times, Sunday Times So, sure, you may become invisible to a small percentage of the population, but there's always the rest. Times, Sunday Times Nationalist parties of all kinds perform well and the two main parties poll an unusually low percentage of the vote. Times, Sunday Times Labour strategists think they can win on a low turnout with a small percentage of the vote, perhaps as low as 35 per cent. Times, Sunday Times The statisticians looked at the percentage of the vote returned to each party and candidate in each of the country's constituencies. Times, Sunday Times The leader of the party with the largest percentage of the vote will automatically become first minister. Times, Sunday Times There must be a requirement for a minimum percentage of the vote in favour. Times, Sunday Times Business commuters are far more interested in the total time taken to complete a journey rather than the relatively small percentage reduction in intercity travel. Times, Sunday Times The graph claims the richest fifth will have the biggest percentage reduction in their income by 2015. Times, Sunday Times However, he says, 'we know that if you improve your cardiorespiratory fitness that translates into a percentage reduction in your risk of dying or of developing chronic diseases'. Times, Sunday Times Each office logged the price cuts on a confidential form, and the office and individual that achieved the highest percentage reduction on their total register pocketed bonus payments. Times, Sunday Times The percentage reduction of the maritime component was far greater than non-maritime elements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That percentage rises to 53% for those with wealth of more than £1m. Times,Sunday Times It previously forecast high single-digit percentage rises. Times, Sunday Times However, the days of double-digit percentage rises appear to be gone for the time being. Times, Sunday Times Why keep widening the pay gap with percentage rises? The Sun Smaller force areas saw large percentage rises while actual incidents were still relatively low. Times, Sunday Times We have taken into account both the quality and quantity of research assessed to produce a percentage score for excellence. Times, Sunday Times Your daily stats are displayed on a free app, including how long you've been in bed, time asleep and your sleep efficiency percentage score. The Sun The percentage score shows the number of companies which anticipate increasing staff. The Sun The five scores from the jury were then averaged to determine a rider's total percentage score. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each game review featured a rating out of 10 for the graphics, sound, gameplay and lifespan, plus an overall percentage score. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Complete assigned chores each month and your percentage share of the rent starts to go down; if you'd rather be lazy, do nothing and pay more. Times, Sunday Times Unlike an ordinary lease, a shared-ownership lease gives the buyer a percentage share of the property with the right to increase that share in a process called 'staircasing'. Times, Sunday Times The seat was won with the lowest percentage share of the vote in a constituency in the 2010 election. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Majorities and percentage share are only shown for wards with a single seat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These third party funding companies provide cash advance to litigants in exchange for a percentage share of the judgment or settlement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's also a good time to redefine existing legacies, not in finite pecuniary terms but by percentage value of our estate. Times, Sunday Times The percentage value for 17-year of cigarette production decreased by about 34%, exports decreased by about 34%, and consumption dropped by about 31%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The purity of gas can be expressed as a percentage value or as a decimal fraction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The percentage value of the comparative elections results are compared with the corresponding results of the substantive election. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The percentage value shall be expressed as a positive integer, with any fractional result causing it to be rounded to the next highest integer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In all profiles, these represent the percentage of the maximum possible score on each question and are expressed as the 'percentage positive score'. Times, Sunday Times The regulator has the power to hand down fixed fines or penalties that represent a percentage of a business's turnover. Times, Sunday Times I think most of us would assume that represented a percentage of the total number of us eligible to vote. The Sun The score represents the percentage of the maximum possible mark if all students had been happy with every aspect of their higher education. Times, Sunday Times This represents the percentage of those reporting a rise minus the percentage who said that prices were falling. Times, Sunday Times They would have to be non-selective, however, and it would have to be demonstrated that a significant percentage of schools in the area were underachieving. Times, Sunday Times Yet it was clear that a significant percentage had yet to discover the band's back catalogue. Times, Sunday Times That approach has paid off - it now has a significant percentage of that market. ST Among the fastest in each group, there was found to be a significant percentage with a myostatin deficiency. Times, Sunday Times Our missions committee committed to raising a significant percentage of the funds, about $15,000. Christianity Today The herd mentality that saw so many re-naming themselves 'universities' did a disservice to the needs of a sizeable percentage of the post-16 age group. Times, Sunday Times The towers were home to affluent middle-class families; a sizeable percentage of the residents were expatriates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finding that a sizeable percentage of the exhibition programme was taken up with the annual shows of regional and national arts groups, the new curatorial staff repositioned themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although group mortgages are rising as a proportion of total lending in the UK, they still account for a relatively small percentage. Times, Sunday Times (2006) In reality, only a small percentage of the population has access to such a sum and most are urban residents. Times, Sunday Times (2006) CDs are probably the smallest percentage of the money we make. The Sun (2011) In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many commercial glass products such as containers are made of soda-lime glass, and therefore have a substantial percentage of sodium ions in their internal structure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A substantial percentage of patients regain full continence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As noted above, instructors are required to get a substantial percentage of 5 evaluations to avoid the threat of unbuckling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While increasingly replaced by more modern choices, a substantial percentage of cavers still use this method. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A tiny percentage of pupils are on free school meals: 3 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2013) A tiny percentage of those who go to the theatre or to an art exhibition will have written a play or painted a picture. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But only a tiny percentage succeed in finding the funding they need this way. THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING (1993) The five scores from the jury were then averaged to determine a rider's total percentage score. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The importance of get out the vote efforts increases as the total percentage of the population voting decreases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That would yield a total percentage of around 20% of the total population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With teams, the total percentage of weight loss for the team must be highest to avoid elimination. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the parliamentary election held under the same system, fewer voters supported minor parties and the total percentage of disenfranchised voters fell to about 12%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With three at the back, the win percentage drops to 42 per cent, the points-pergame average to 1.7 and the goals-pergame average to 1.3. Times, Sunday Times At least his win percentage will give him some spending money. The Sun Any win percentage was at the owner's discretion. The Sun He or she can play for an hour and either lose the entrance fee or win a percentage of the pot. Times, Sunday Times Since 1998, they have reached five quarter-finals in 11 attempts, while significantly increasing their overall win percentage. Times, Sunday Times They had a winning percentage of something over 70 per cent. Times,Sunday Times His match record was 222-49, an 81.9 winning percentage. Times, Sunday Times We've the second-best winning percentage of points in 150 years of history. The Sun In grand-slam singles, his record was 163-40, a winning percentage of 80.3. Times, Sunday Times In 114 games as a manager, he won 60 games and lost 132 games for a.313 winning percentage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 百分比 Japanese: パーセンテージ |
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