不佳。 note at regard INJ This pattern is usually used in the passive.此句型通常用于被4语牵。 per Cent (especially Br£) [NAmE usually pe^-cent) /pa 'sent; NAmE^r 'sent/ [symb %) noun, adj., adv. m noun {pi. per cent, per-cent) one part in every hundred 百分之…:Poor/amiZies spend about 80 to 90 per cent /their income on/ood.贫困家庭大约花费收入的80% 90% 购买食物。ft is o_/iten stated that we use onZy K) per cent oj7 our brain.常有报告称人只运用了大脑南 10%。 What per cent / the popuZariorz is/are over­

weight? 体重超重的人占人口多大的百分比.?

by in or for every hundred 每一百中:a 25 per cent rise in price        15% 0 House prices rose

hve per cent iast year.去年房价上涨百分之五。 percent-age/p8'sentid3 A/Amf par's-/ noun 1 [C+sing./ pi. v.] the number, amount, rate of sth, expressed as if it is part of a total which is 100; a part or share of a whole 百分率;百分比What percentage / the popuZa- tion is/are overweight?身体超金:的人占人口多大的百分 比? A high percentage of the female staff are part-time workers.女职员中,兼职工作的人占很高的比例。Interest rates are expected to rise by one percentage point (= one per cent).利率预计将提髙一个百分点。◊ rhe_/iigure is expressed as a percentage.数字是用百分率 表示的。The resuZts were anaZysed £n percentage terms结果是按百分比分析的。2 [Cusually sing.] a share of the profits of sth 初润的分成;提成:He gets a percentage /or every car sod.他每售出一辆车便可得到一 份提成。

GRAMMAR POINT语法说明

expressing percentages百分比的表示法

Percentages (= numbers of per cent) are written in words as twenty-five per cent and in figures as 25%. If 分比用文字表示为twenty-five per cent用数字表示为 25%

If a percentage is used with an uncountable or a singular noun the verb is generally singular•百分比与 不可数名词或单数名词连用时,动词一般为单数90% / e /tint/ /s cw/t/Vflto/. * 90% 的土地B耕种。

If the noun is singular but represents a group of people, the verb is singular in NAmE but in BrE it may be singular or plural.如果是单数集合名词,北美英语 动词用单数,英国英语用单、复数均可: cent of the workforce is/are against the strike.

八十的劳动力都反对这次罢1

If the noun is plural, the verb is plural.如果名词为复

数,动词 _ 复数:65% of children play computer gflmes. * 65%的孩于舞电脑游戏。

percentile /pa'sentail; NAmE par's-/ noun [technical one of the loo equal groups that a larger group of people can be divided into, according to their place on a scale measuring a particular value 百分位数:Overall these students rank in the 21st percentile on the teststhat is, they did worse than 79 per cent of all children taking the test.这些考生的总体百分位排名占第21位。 就是说,7^%的应试儿童比他们考得好。

per-cep-tible /pe'septabl; NAmE par's-/ adj. {formal)

1                  great enough for you to Notice it 可察觉到南;看得出 的 Pn71 noticeable a perceptible change/increase/ dedi’ne/impact可以察觉的变化/增长/下降/影响◊ The price increase has had no perceptible effect on sales. 提价没有对销售产生明显的影响◊ Her/oreign accent was barely perceptible.她的外国口音几乎听不出来。

2                  [technical that you can notice or feel with your senses可感的;可感觉的the perceptibie worW可感 知的世界 PT?3 imperceptible ► per.cep.tibly /-abli/ adv. Income per head rose percepriWy.各人的收入明& 提高了◊ Jt was perceptiWy coWer.天气明显地洛了。

perception /pa'sepjn; NA)vE par's-/ noun 1 [U] (formal or technical 7|t i^) the way you notice things, especially with the senses 知觉_ our perception of reality 我们对现实的认识◊ visual perception彳觉see also extrasensory perception 2 [U] (format) the ability to

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understand the true nature of sth 洞察力;悟性 Pnm insight She showed great perception in her assessment /the/amiiy si’tuarion.她对家庭叙况的分析显示出敏锐 侖洞察力。3 [U.C](that ... ) (fomifl/) an ideaa belief or an image you have as a result of how you see or understand sth 看法;见解a campaign to change puWic perception /the poHce改变警察公众形象的运动There is a general public perception that standards in schookay/affing.公众普遍认为,学校的水平都在下降。 per-cep-tive /pe'septiv; NAmE par's-/ adj. 1 (approving) having or showing the ability to see or understand things quickly, especially things that are not obvious M. 解力强的;有洞察力的;思维敏捷的:ahigWypercejp- tive comment 见地高明的评论◊ Jt was very perceptive / you to notice that.你能士意到此事,資够敏锐的。

3                  connected with seeing, hearing and understanding 视觉的;听觉的;感觉的;知觉的our fnrnzte perceptive abiHties我们天生的五官感觉能力► percep.tive.ly adv. per-cep-tive-ness noun [U]

per-cep-tron /pa'septron; NAmE par'septrain/ noun (computing if) an artificial network which is intended to copy the brain’s ability to recognize things and see the differences between things感知机(模拟大脑识别事物

和差异的人工网络)

per-cep-tual /pa'septjual; NAmE par's-/ adj. [only before noun] (technical 7(tT|-) relating to the ability to perceive things or the process of perceiving知觉的;.感知的: perceptual sfcrtk 知觉技能 perch /p3tj; NAmE p3rtj/ verb, nouh

                  1 [V] ~ (on sth) (of a bird 鸟)to land and stay on a branch, etc.栖息;奋留:A robin was perching on the /ence•—只知更鸟落在舍笆上。2(sb/yourself) (on sth) [informal) to sit or to make sb sit on sth, especially on the edge of it (使)坐,坐在边沿:[V] We perched on a coupZe o/high stooZs at the bar.我们坐在酒吧的几个高 脚凳上◊ [VN] She perched herseZj on the edge / the bed•她金在床沿上石 c> note at sit 3 [V] ~ (on sth) to be placed on. thetop or the edge ..of sth 置于(顶上或边 上■) : The hotel perched precariously on a steep hillside. 旅店立在陡峭的山坡上状似摇摇欲坠。

                  noun 1 a place where a bird rests, especially a branch or bar for this purpose, for example in a bird’s cage

(鸟的栖息处,栖木2 a high seat or position高座; He watched the game from his precarious perch /the vvaH.他无视安全,高坐在墙头上观看比赛。

4                  {pi. perch) a freshwater fish that is sometimes used

for food _ j■河辦   see knock v.

perchance /pa'tJaTis; NAmE par'tjaens/ adv. [old use) perhaps 也许;可

perched /p3tjt; NAmE p3rtXt/ adj. ~ on, etc. sth 1 (especially of a bird 尤指鸟sitting or resting on sth 栖息;停留:There was a bird perched on the roo/•有一 只鸟落在屋顶上。.2 placed in a high and/or dangerous position 被置于i处(或危险处):a hotel perched high on t/ie ch:拆高高矗立在悬崖上的旅馆 per.cipi.ent /pa'sipiant; NAmE par's-/ adj. (formal) having or showing the ability to understand things, especially things that are not obvious 敏锐的;理解透彻 的;明察秋毫的ECC1 PERCEPTIVE per-co-late /'p3kaleit; NAmE 'p3rk-/ verb 1 [V] (of a liquid, gas, etc.液体、气体等)to move gradually through a surface that has very small holes or spaces in ■ it 渗入;渗透;渗漏:Water had percolated down through the rocfo. 7jC从岩缝间渗漏下去2 [V] to grad­ually become known or spread through a group or society 逐渐流传;传开:Jt had jpercokited through to us that something interesting was about to happen•我们听 到传言说,将要发生一件有趣的事。3 [VN,V] to make coffee in a percolator; to be made in this way .(用渗滤 式咖啡壶)滤煮;滤煮咖啡►per<o«la*tion/,p3:ka_leiJ'n; NAmE ,p3rk-/ noun [U]

perco*la-tor /'p3k8leit0(r); NAmE 'p3rk-/ noun a pot for making coffee, in which boiling water is forced up a central tube and then comes down again through the coffee渗滤式咖啡壶