(US 美 percent) adjadvnoun
[C] [with.sop] (pluralper cent) (symbol %) in or of each hundred; one part in every hundred 百分之: You get 10% off if you pay cash.如果付现金,可便宜10%。90% of the population owns a television.当地90%的人口拥有电视机。The price of bread has gone up by 50 per centin two years.面包的价格两年内已上涨了百分之五十。
per centnoun (no plural) (symbol%)in each hundred: 90 per cent of the people who work here are men (= in 100 people there are 90 men).You get 10% off if you pay cash.▶ percentagepercentagepercentagesnoun: ‘What percentage of students passed the exam?’ ‘Oh, about eighty per cent.’