percent /pəˈcent/ (亦作per cent) adv. 百分之…：Output of steel has increased by 80 per cent.钢产量增长了百分之八十。This company can only supply 30 per cent of what we need. 这家公司只能供应我们需要量的30%。［注］… percent of … (百分之…的…) 作主语时，谓语与of后面的名词相一致：Ten percent of the students are absent today. 今天有百分之十的学生缺席。 Thirty percent of the air has been polluted. 百分之三十的空气受到了污染。a large (small) percent of… 大部分(少数)…
percentage /pəˈsentidʒ/ n. ［c］ 1. 百分比，百分率：the lowest percentage 最低的百分比Interest rates have risen by two percentage points. 利息上升了两个百分点。2. ［u］优势，好处（非正式用语）：There’s no percentage in working such long hours.工作那么长时间没有什么好处。
