| 单词 | per capita |
| 释义 | per capita (once / 1174 pages) adjadv Use the Latin per capita when you want to say "per person" in an official-sounding way. For example, your town might have the most dogs per capita in your entire state. English has more homegrown ways of saying "for each person," but this Latinate way of doing it (per capita literally means "by the head") now has a permanent place when you want to throw statistics around. It's been used in this way since the 17th century and shows no signs of slowing down. WORD FAMILYper capita USAGE EXAMPLESStill, Chicago’s per capita murder rate remains much lower than in several smaller cities, such as St. Louis and Baltimore. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) New Mexico’s breweries were 27th in production per capita. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) "The per capita fee of Norway is exactly the same as what Britain is now paying into the EU," he said. BBC(Jun 27, 2016) 1adj per person among the states Connecticut has a high per capita income Syn proportionate being in due proportion 2adv per person we are spending $5,000 per capita annually for education in this district Syn for each person, of each person |
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