| 释义 |
perˈcentage-wise, adv.
Also percentagewise.
[wise n.1 II.]
(Expressed) as a percentage; also more generally, (regarded) relatively.
1912F. Soddy Matter & Energy ii. 53 Quite a large number of commonly occurring compounds had been analysed by chemists and the composition expressed percentage-wise as above. 1944Sun (Baltimore) 5 Apr. 10/2 In that State the number of Negroes is, percentage⁓wise, even smaller than the number of Negroes in Maryland. Here Negroes vote regularly. 1945Nelson & Wright Tomorrow's House vi. 72/1 Very few families, percentagewise, have ever been able to afford hired help. 1955J. A. Wheeler in W. Pauli Niels Bohr 176 Z2/A does not have to change much percentage-wise to carry fission half lives from values too long to observe to values too short for reasonable stability. 1960Guardian 8 Mar. 1/2 The number of deaths percentagewise is far less than other deaths..by other heating means. 1967E. S. Gardner Case of Queenly Contestant (1973) xiii. 151 She told me..I could inherit a very substantial sum of money and asked me what it would be worth to me percentage⁓wise if [etc.]. 1972Amer. Speech 1968 XLIII. 211 On January 15, 1967, during the..telecast of the Super Bowl Game.., the announcer..said, ‘Bart Starr has had a terrific year, percentagewise, as well as touchdownwise.’ |
