percentage
/pəˈsentɪdʒ; pɚ`sɛntɪdʒ/ n
1 [C] rate, number or amount in each hundred 百分比; 百分率
The figure is expressed as a percentage. 那数字是以百分比表示的.
The salesmen get a percentage (ie a commission) on everything they sell. 这些推销员可从推销的商品上获得一定百分比的佣金.
[attrib 作定语]
a percentage increase in ticket prices 票价上涨的百分比.
2 [sing or pl v]
proportion 比例; 部分
What percentage of his income is taxable? 他的收入有多少需纳所得税?
An increasing percentage of the population own their own homes. 自己有房子的人占人口比例越来越大了.