百分数由基数词(或小数)和百分号(%)合成,百分号 % 读percent,如:
5% 读作 five percent
0.6% 读作 (zero)point six percent
100% 读作 one hundred percent
300% 读作 three hundred percent
百分数常常和介词by连用,构成介词短语作状语,如:
Production was increased by 200 percent.
The price was reduced by 18 percent.
百分数也可单独作状语,如:
Its grain output was 16.5 percent higher
than that of 1996.
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