单词 | fraction |
释义 | fractionWord family adjectivefractionalfractionarynounfractionalismfractionalistfractionalizationfractionationfractionatorfractionizationfractionletfractionverbfractionalizefractionatefractionizeadverbfractionally , Numbers Mathsfrac·tion /ˈfrækʃən/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 AMOUNTa very small amount of something 少量,一点 fraction of I got these shoes at a fraction of the original price. 我以原价的一个零头买到了这双鞋子。 She paused for a fraction of a second. 她略微停顿了一下。 2. HMa part of a whole number in mathematics, such as ½ or ¾ 〔数学上的〕分数 Examples from the Corpus fraction• The ratio of sample to population is normally expressed as a fraction, known as the sampling fraction.• Computers can now do the same job at a fraction of the cost.• If those expensive cherry tomatoes are your idea of heaven, why not grow your own at a fraction of the price?• A microwave oven cooks food in a fraction of the time required by a normal oven.• Employees' salaries are just a fraction of the total cost of the project.• The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p, from 2.9p.• In the plasma, the bicarbonate concentration comprises the second largest anion fraction, with chloride being the largest anion fraction.• What I had done so far amounted to a mere fraction of nothing at all.• a problem that affects only a small fraction of the total population• By 1920 the fraction of eighteen-to twenty-one-year-olds in college had doubled to 8 percent.• The disease affects only a tiny fraction of the population.• But the passengers are only a tiny fraction of the population, basically its middle class. fraction of• I got these shoes at a fraction of the original price. From Longman Business Dictionary fractionfrac·tion /ˈfrækʃən/ noun [countableC] a very small amount of something Generic versions of the drug sell for a fraction of the branded price. (1300-1400) Late Latin fractio, from Latin fractus, past participle of frangere “to break” |
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