专四培训1.pptVIP

Percentage noun 1. [uc. and cn.] an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100 eg, 0.98 equals a percentage of 98. 百分比：把100做为分母的分数或比率，例如，0.98等于百分之九十八 2. A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part: 部分，比率：与整体有关的一个比例或部分；一部分： The hecklers constituted only a small percentage of the audience. 3. An amount, such as an allowance, a duty, or a commission, that varies in proportion to a larger sum, such as total sales: 佣金，津贴：在比率上区别于如总销售额等一较大的总额的量，如津贴、税或佣金售额： work for a percentage. 工作挣取佣金 4. Informal Advantage; gain: 【非正式用语】 好处；收益： There is no percentage in work without pay. 不支付薪水的工作毫无利益可言 Percentage 被放在 the 后时， 用单数形动词： The percentage of unskilled workers is small. 非熟练工的比例很小。 当被放在a 后时， 可用动词单数或复数形式，这由后面所跟的介词短语中名词的数量而定： A small percentage of the workers are unskilled. 少数工人是非熟练工。 A large percentage of the crop has spoiled. 大部分庄稼被毁 【说明】 percentage 前不与数字连用, 如:不直接说:“Three percentage”, 而改为:“ three percent” 或“ a percentage of three ”。 Rate noun 1 number the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a certain period birth/unemployment/crime etc rate Australias unemployment rate rose to 6.5% in February. a rapid increase in the divorce rate high/low rate of something areas with high rates of crime success/failure rate (=the number of times that something succeeds or fails) Its a new technique and the failure rate is quite high. Immediately his heart rate (=the number of beats per minute) increased. at a rate of something Asylum seekers were entering Britain at a rate of 1,600 per day. ? birthrate, death rate 2 money a charge or payment that is set according to a standard scale at (a) ... rate people who pay tax at the highest rate at a rate of something They only pay tax at a rate of 5%. interest/exchange/mortgage etc rate another reduction in the mortgage rate rate of pay/tax/interest etc Nurses are demanding higher rates of pay. special/reduced/lower rate Some h