名詞 cent:

1. a fractional monetary unit of several countries
2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
   同義詞：penny, centime

1. Imports in the first three months have increased by 10 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.
   第一季度的進(jìn)口額與去年同期相比增長(zhǎng)了百分之十。
2. A premium of 2 per cent is paid on long-term investments.
   對(duì)投資期限較長(zhǎng)者可獲百分之二的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。
3. You must allow for five per cent wastage in transit.
   在運(yùn)輸中要允許有百分之五的損耗量。
4. The US coin of the lowest denomination is the cent.
   美國(guó)硬幣的最小單位是美分。
5. I'm a hundred per cent certain.
   我百分之百地肯定。
6. The freight for the voyage must not exceed￡500 with five per cent. primage.
   此次航運(yùn)費(fèi)用，貼補(bǔ)5后，決不可超過(guò)500英鎊。
7. We have to keep track of every cent we spend.
   我們得記下我們花的每一分錢。
8. I don't have a cent with me.
   我身上一分錢也沒(méi)有。

cent

n.Abbr. c.,ct.,C.（名詞）縮寫 c.,ct.,C.
A unit of currency in Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brunei, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Ethiopia, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Kiribati, Liberia, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United States, and Zimbabwe.See table at currency
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來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French [hundred]
源自 古法語(yǔ) [一百]
from Latin centum * see dekô
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) centum *參見(jiàn) dekô