【cent】 - SAT备考词汇

cent

UK:  [sent]

US:  [sent]

复数：cents  

n.

1.〔电信〕音程;百分之一

2.〔美国〕分〔货币单位〕;分币,零钱

3.(作单位的)百

1 . ''As we approach Remembrance Day it is hard to believe that 40 per cent of our children do not know when it is.
在我们渐渐临近荣军纪念日的时候，很难相信，我们的孩子里有百分之四十的人不知道纪念日是哪一天。

2 . Sustained higher food bills inevitably put pressure on wages, already increasing by an average 15 per cent a year.
食品价格的持续上涨，不可避免地会对已经在以每年15%的速度上涨的工资水平构成压力。

3 . Respondents were asked whether or not they text ed 'I love you' to their partner on a regular basis, to which 61 per cent replied yes.
当受调查者被问及，在通常情况下是否曾发送“我爱你”的短信给他们的伴侣时，有百分之61的回答是肯定的。

4 . By the end of the year, 13 per cent of those who participated in the Active Employment Assistance programme had found a paid job.
截至二零零一年年底，有13%曾经参加积极就业援助计划的人士找到有薪工作。

5 . He said the crisis would result in a doubling of US public debt to about 80 per cent of gross domestic product.
他表示，此次危机将导致美国公共债务倍增，至国内生产总值（GDP）的80%左右。