per cent
adjective, adverb (especially British English)(North American English usually percent)
(symbol %)
Idioms by, in or for every hundred 每一百中 a 15 per cent rise in price 价格上扬 15% The company announced a 21 per cent increase in profits. 该公司宣布利润增长21%。 House prices dropped 8 per cent last year. 去年房价下跌了8%。 Dairy product prices jumped (= increased by)10.4 per cent in April. 4月份乳制品价格上涨了10.4%。 Shares in the company are up 1.9 percent. 该公司的股票上涨了1.9%。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from per + cent, perhaps an abbreviation of pseudo-Latin per centum.
Idioms
a/one hundred per cent
in every way synonym completely在各方面 I'm not a hundred per cent sure. 我不能百分之百肯定。 My family supports me one hundred per cent. 我的家人全力支持我。
completely fit and healthy 完全健康 I still don't feel a hundred per cent. 我还是觉得有些不舒服。