How do you use "percentage" in a sentence?

What percentage of people voted? A large percentage of the budget goes to salaries. The success rate was only a small percentage.

percentage

Q: What does "percentage" mean?

A rate or proportion expressed as a fraction of 100 The word 'percentage' refers to a proportion expressed as a fraction of 100, shown with the % symbol. It's commonly used to describe parts of a whole, rates of change, or probabilities. 'A high percentage' means a large proportion; 'a small percentage' means a small proportion.

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의미: A rate or proportion expressed as a fraction of 100

百分比，百分率

porcentaje

パーセンテージ、百分率

백분율, 비율

The word 'percentage' refers to a proportion expressed as a fraction of 100, shown with the % symbol. It's commonly used to describe parts of a whole, rates of change, or probabilities. 'A high percentage' means a large proportion; 'a small percentage' means a small proportion.

「percentage」指以100为基数表示的比例，用%符号表示。常用于描述整体的部分、变化率或概率。「A high percentage」意为大比例；「a small percentage」意为小比例。

La palabra «percentage» se refiere a una proporción expresada como fracción de 100, mostrada con el símbolo %. Se usa comúnmente para describir partes de un todo, tasas de cambio o probabilidades. «A high percentage» significa una gran proporción; «a small percentage» significa una pequeña proporción.

「percentage」は100を基準として表された割合を指し、%記号で示されます。全体の一部、変化率、確率を表すのによく使われます。「A high percentage」は高い割合を意味し、「a small percentage」は低い割合を意味します。

'percentage'는 100분의 몇으로 표시되는 비율을 가리키며, % 기호로 나타냅니다. 전체의 일부, 변화율, 확률 등을 설명할 때 흔히 사용됩니다. 'a high percentage'는 큰 비율, 'a small percentage'는 작은 비율을 의미합니다.

예문

What percentage of people voted?
有多少百分比的人投票了？
¿Qué porcentaje de personas votó?
何パーセントの人が投票しましたか？
몇 퍼센트의 사람들이 투표했습니까?
A large percentage of the budget goes to salaries.
预算的很大一部分用于工资。
Un gran porcentaje del presupuesto va a salarios.
予算の大部分が給与に充てられています。
예산의 상당 부분이 급여에 사용됩니다.
The success rate was only a small percentage.
成功率只占很小的百分比。
La tasa de éxito fue solo un pequeño porcentaje.
成功率はわずかな割合でした。
성공률은 매우 낮은 비율에 불과했습니다.

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사용 가이드

맥락: general

어조: neutral

기원과 역사

From 'percent' plus '-age'. 'Percent' comes from Medieval Latin 'per centum' meaning 'by the hundred'. The suffix '-age' (from French) indicates a rate or amount.

문화적 배경

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal

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