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Definition of percentage in English: percentagenoun pəˈsɛntɪdʒpərˈsɛn(t)ɪdʒ 1A rate, number, or amount in each hundred. 百分比，百分率 the percentage of Caesareans at the hospital was three per cent higher than the national average 该医院的剖腹产手术比全国的平均水平高出三个百分点。 as modifier a large percentage increase Example sentencesExamples - This is enough to have increased the poverty rate by a half percentage point.
- You're talking here about managing tiny percentages.
- Gross margins rose by less than a percentage point to 39.7 per cent as more capacity was given over to production.
- It would also help children with blood diseases such as leukaemia, and would hopefully increase the survival percentage rate.
- I can manage it half the time when she is somewhat still, but let her move even the tiniest bit and my percentages plummet into the single digits.
- The penalty is an annual percentage rate of 26.8 per cent, from the month of the default.
- The best way to compare loans is by looking at the cost of credit and the annual percentage rate.
- The official jobless rate is about 8 percent, but those percentages are not really meaningful.
- He expects the bank to lower its main rate by half a percentage point to 2 percent next month.
- He said the offer meant a 4.8 per cent increase, with a greater percentage increase for some workers.
- The rate reverts to an annualised percentage rate of 16.9 per cent after six months.
- How do you convert decimals and percentages to fractions?
- An 8 percent effect may not seem like a big deal, but even a tiny decrease in shooting percentages can change the course of a season.
- This Minister was asked what the percentage increase and growth figures are.
- Share represents the percentage of televisions tuned to a particular program.
- To convert a fraction to a percentage, divide the numerator by the denominator.
- On the customer disclosure form the annual interest rate won't carry a percentage sign.
- The number of koalas hit by cars has increased in the past couple of years but so has the percentage of survivals relative to deaths.
- In this business it's all about tiny percentages.
- The league table implies that a school's quality can be ascertained by its percentage of exam passes relative to other schools.
- 1.1 Any proportion or share in relation to a whole.
（全部中的）所占比例；部分 only a tiny percentage of the day trippers are aware of the village's gastronomic distinction 只有很小一部分的一日游者注意到了这个村子的烹饪法与众不同。 Example sentencesExamples - Only a tiny percentage of laws are struck down when rational review is applied.
- I'd love to know what percentage of the people who take the time to vote on that show have ever voted in an election.
- I find only a very small percentage of people are willing to take time out and learn some new strategies.
- It doesn't mean that all of those books or even a tiny percentage of those books are going to be publishable.
- I only put up a tiny percentage of the stories that are posted on the site.
- Of course the dangerous few can never be educated and should be taken off the road, but in reality they are a tiny percentage of drivers.
- I cannot believe that more than a tiny percentage are activated by burglars.
- There is a big corporate market for the championships, but their percentage of the whole audience is quite tiny.
- That puts me in agreement with somewhere around half of the electorate in the US and a somewhat greater percentage of people world wide.
- In any case, the Supreme Court reviews only a tiny percentage of judicial rulings made each year.
- The government campaign to increase pay for a few specialised senior nurses only affects a tiny percentage of the workforce.
- It is only a very small percentage of people in the cinema field who make lots and lots of money.
- We are trained to think that only a tiny percentage of us have the stuff it takes to be a hero.
- When you really think about it, it's still a fairly small percentage of people getting it that way.
- This is just a straw poll and does not necessarily indicate that only a tiny percentage is at risk.
- I bet if a referendum were called for, the percentage of the whole population would be nearly the same as that in the survey.
- It is immoral and absurd to shackle all citizens because of the feared imprudence or disastrous luck of a tiny percentage.
- For a tiny percentage of the population, straight-leg pants are sexy and flattering.
- Apart from a tiny percentage of the world's population, who drink desalinated seawater, the only water we drink is rainwater.
- There may be a small percentage that comes back, but a station does not usually get back the whole percentage that was lost.
Synonyms portion, part, division, bit, quota, allowance, ration, allocation, allotment, lot, measure, due - 1.2 An amount, such as an allowance or commission, that is a proportion of a larger sum of money.
（大笔钱中按比例提取的）一部分（如津贴或佣金） I hope to be on a percentage 我希望得到一点。 Synonyms allowance, allocation, quota, fixed amount, amount, quantity, share, portion, helping, allotment, measure, part, lot, proportion - 1.3informal mass noun Personal benefit or advantage.
〈非正式〉利益，好处 I don't see the percentage in selling perfectly good furniture Synonyms advantage, benefit, good, use, usefulness, value, merit, worth, gain, profit, avail, result, outcome, effect
Phrasesplay the percentages (or the percentage game) informal Choose a safe and methodical course of action when calculating the odds in favour of success. 〈非正式〉按部就班稳扎稳打地干 Labour has been content to play the percentage game, keeping quiet when possible instead of a bright new era we can expect a diet of pragmatism and playing the percentages Example sentencesExamples - Despite playing with the significant breeze in the second period, the visitors failed to play the percentages.
- In rugby league, the side who plays the percentages better usually wins.
- But playing the percentages can improve your chances considerably.
- Not for him playing the percentages, patting the ball round and favouring the cautious above the cavalier.
- We felt fresher than we had in the previous two games and while we knew Australia would come out and play the percentage game after half-time, we felt we were in control.
- Assured and controlled, yet never flashy or conspicuous, Jones played the percentages perfectly and in the process provided Wales with an unexpected triumph.
- He has learnt to play the percentages, and is a better golfer for it.
- It's a batter's equivalent of playing the percentages.
- Of course, not many people play the percentages as well as that so the casino still makes a nice profit at blackjack.
- I'm quite a percentage kind of person and I play the percentages in pretty much everything I do.
Definition of percentage in US English: percentagenounpərˈsɛn(t)ɪdʒpərˈsen(t)ij 1A rate, number, or amount in each hundred. 百分比，百分率 the percentage of cesareans at the hospital was three percent higher than the national average 该医院的剖腹产手术比全国的平均水平高出三个百分点。 as modifier a large percentage increase in the population over 85 85岁以上人口百分比的大幅增长。 Example sentencesExamples - The league table implies that a school's quality can be ascertained by its percentage of exam passes relative to other schools.
- The penalty is an annual percentage rate of 26.8 per cent, from the month of the default.
- An 8 percent effect may not seem like a big deal, but even a tiny decrease in shooting percentages can change the course of a season.
- This Minister was asked what the percentage increase and growth figures are.
- I can manage it half the time when she is somewhat still, but let her move even the tiniest bit and my percentages plummet into the single digits.
- He expects the bank to lower its main rate by half a percentage point to 2 percent next month.
- It would also help children with blood diseases such as leukaemia, and would hopefully increase the survival percentage rate.
- On the customer disclosure form the annual interest rate won't carry a percentage sign.
- Gross margins rose by less than a percentage point to 39.7 per cent as more capacity was given over to production.
- He said the offer meant a 4.8 per cent increase, with a greater percentage increase for some workers.
- The best way to compare loans is by looking at the cost of credit and the annual percentage rate.
- You're talking here about managing tiny percentages.
- How do you convert decimals and percentages to fractions?
- Share represents the percentage of televisions tuned to a particular program.
- In this business it's all about tiny percentages.
- The rate reverts to an annualised percentage rate of 16.9 per cent after six months.
- The official jobless rate is about 8 percent, but those percentages are not really meaningful.
- To convert a fraction to a percentage, divide the numerator by the denominator.
- This is enough to have increased the poverty rate by a half percentage point.
- The number of koalas hit by cars has increased in the past couple of years but so has the percentage of survivals relative to deaths.
- 1.1 Any proportion or share in relation to a whole.
（全部中的）所占比例；部分 only a small percentage of black Americans have Caribbean roots Example sentencesExamples - It is immoral and absurd to shackle all citizens because of the feared imprudence or disastrous luck of a tiny percentage.
- For a tiny percentage of the population, straight-leg pants are sexy and flattering.
- Apart from a tiny percentage of the world's population, who drink desalinated seawater, the only water we drink is rainwater.
- Of course the dangerous few can never be educated and should be taken off the road, but in reality they are a tiny percentage of drivers.
- When you really think about it, it's still a fairly small percentage of people getting it that way.
- I cannot believe that more than a tiny percentage are activated by burglars.
- We are trained to think that only a tiny percentage of us have the stuff it takes to be a hero.
- I bet if a referendum were called for, the percentage of the whole population would be nearly the same as that in the survey.
- It is only a very small percentage of people in the cinema field who make lots and lots of money.
- This is just a straw poll and does not necessarily indicate that only a tiny percentage is at risk.
- The government campaign to increase pay for a few specialised senior nurses only affects a tiny percentage of the workforce.
- That puts me in agreement with somewhere around half of the electorate in the US and a somewhat greater percentage of people world wide.
- It doesn't mean that all of those books or even a tiny percentage of those books are going to be publishable.
- There is a big corporate market for the championships, but their percentage of the whole audience is quite tiny.
- I find only a very small percentage of people are willing to take time out and learn some new strategies.
- Only a tiny percentage of laws are struck down when rational review is applied.
- I'd love to know what percentage of the people who take the time to vote on that show have ever voted in an election.
- There may be a small percentage that comes back, but a station does not usually get back the whole percentage that was lost.
- In any case, the Supreme Court reviews only a tiny percentage of judicial rulings made each year.
- I only put up a tiny percentage of the stories that are posted on the site.
Synonyms portion, part, division, bit, quota, allowance, ration, allocation, allotment, lot, measure, due - 1.2 An amount, such as an allowance or commission, that is a proportion of a larger sum of money.
（大笔钱中按比例提取的）一部分（如津贴或佣金） I hope to be on a percentage 我希望得到一点。 Synonyms allowance, allocation, quota, fixed amount, amount, quantity, share, portion, helping, allotment, measure, part, lot, proportion - 1.3informal mass noun Personal benefit or advantage.
〈非正式〉利益，好处 you explain to me the percentage in looking like a hoodlum 你向我解释一下看起来像阿飞的好处。 Synonyms advantage, benefit, good, use, usefulness, value, merit, worth, gain, profit, avail, result, outcome, effect
Phrasesplay the percentages (or the percentage game) informal Choose a safe and methodical course of action when calculating the odds in favor of success. 〈非正式〉按部就班稳扎稳打地干 Example sentencesExamples - Not for him playing the percentages, patting the ball round and favouring the cautious above the cavalier.
- In rugby league, the side who plays the percentages better usually wins.
- Despite playing with the significant breeze in the second period, the visitors failed to play the percentages.
- We felt fresher than we had in the previous two games and while we knew Australia would come out and play the percentage game after half-time, we felt we were in control.
- He has learnt to play the percentages, and is a better golfer for it.
- It's a batter's equivalent of playing the percentages.
- Of course, not many people play the percentages as well as that so the casino still makes a nice profit at blackjack.
- I'm quite a percentage kind of person and I play the percentages in pretty much everything I do.
- Assured and controlled, yet never flashy or conspicuous, Jones played the percentages perfectly and in the process provided Wales with an unexpected triumph.
- But playing the percentages can improve your chances considerably.
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