percentage/pə'sentɪʤ $ pər-/

n. an amount expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100

n. [C; U] 百分率；百分比：[percentage of sb/sth] What's the percentage of oxygen in air? 空气中氧占百分之几？

◇A high percentage of taxi drivers are young men. 的士司机大多数是年轻男子。

构词percent + -age

常犯错误

✗five percentage

✓ five percent 百分之五

用法a percentage of sth中的sth为复数时，谓语动词也用复数。