per‧cen‧tage W3 AC / pəsentɪdʒ $ pər- / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100

percentage of

The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent.

Tax is paid as a percentage of total income.

high/low/small percentage

A high percentage of married women have part-time jobs.

Interest rates fell by six percentage points (= 6% ) .

The numbers are small in percentage terms (= when calculated as a percentage ) .

percentage change/increase etc

Crime figures showed significant percentage increases.

Grammar

If the 名词 that follows a percentage of is 复数形式 , use a 复数形式 动词 after it :

Only a small percentage of people are interested in politics.

2 [可数名词，通常单数] a share of the profits :

She gets a percentage for every record sold.

3 there is no percentage in doing something British English informal used to say that doing something is not going to help or be useful :

There’s no percentage in worrying.

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

high/large A high percentage of our students pass the exam.

small/low Only a small percentage of people suffer from the allergy.

significant We get a significant percentage of our oil from Nigeria and Angola.

percentage + NOUN

a percentage point (= one percent ) The party increased its share of the vote by almost 4 percentage points.

a percentage increase/change Poorer pensioners experienced the greatest percentage increase in their pensions.

短语

in percentage terms The quantity of carbon dioxide was, in percentage terms, extremely small.

动词

express something as a percentage The number is expressed as a percentage of the total population of the country.