cent

名词 cent:

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

1. Imports in the first three months have increased by 10 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.
   第一季度的进口额与去年同期相比增长了百分之十。
2. A premium of 2 per cent is paid on long-term investments.
   对投资期限较长者可获百分之二的奖励。
3. You must allow for five per cent wastage in transit.
   在运输中要允许有百分之五的损耗量。
4. The US coin of the lowest denomination is the cent.
   美国硬币的最小单位是美分。
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.
   此次航运费用，贴补5后，决不可超过500英镑。
7. We have to keep track of every cent we spend.
   我们得记下我们花的每一分钱。
8. I don't have a cent with me.
   我身上一分钱也没有。

cent

n.Abbr. c.,ct.,C.（名词）缩写 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
分：一种用于以下国家的货币单位,澳大利亚、巴哈马、巴巴多斯、伯利兹、文莱、加拿大、开曼群岛、塞浦路斯、多米尼加、埃塞俄比亚、斐济、格林纳达、盖亚纳、牙买加、肯尼亚、利比里亚、基里巴斯、马耳他、毛里求斯、纳米比亚、瑙鲁、荷兰、荷属安的列斯群岛、新西兰、圣卢西亚、圣文森特和格林纳丁斯、塞舌尔、塞拉利昂、新加坡、所罗门群岛、索马里、南非、斯里兰卡、苏里南、斯威士兰、坦桑尼亚、特立尼达和多巴哥、图瓦卢、乌干达、美国和津巴布韦参见 currency

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French [hundred]
源自 古法语 [一百]
from Latin centum * see dekô
源自 拉丁语 centum *参见 dekô