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percentile
百分位数;百分位
in statistics, one of the 99 values that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 equal parts
- 1.
Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
百分位数:将有序分布分成一百个部分(每部分含百分之一的数据)的九十九个点中的任一个。
- 2.
Any one of the hundred groups so divided.
百分位组:被如此划分的一百组中的任一组。
百分位数:将有序分布分成一百个部分(每部分含百分之一的数据)的九十九个点中的任一个。;百分位组:被如此划分的一百组中的任一组。;百分率的;[经] 百分之一
In use
Her score on the reading test was in the 90th percentile, meaning she did better than most students.
The table shows the income percentiles for each age group in the city.
If your height is at the 50th percentile, half of the children your age are shorter than you.
the [ordinal] percentile
percentile 是可数名词,前面常用序数词(如 90th、95th)表示第几个百分位点。
The 90th percentile of the scores is 85.
这些分数的第90百分位数是85分。
be in the [ordinal] percentile
这个结构表示处于某个百分位区间,介词 in 不可省略。
Her score is in the 95th percentile.
她的分数位于第95百分位。
above/below the [ordinal] percentile
Connections
Collocations
- percentile rank
- 百分位排名;百分等级
- A percentile rank of 80 means you scored better than 80% of test takers.百分位排名为80意味着你的成绩优于80%的考生。
- 95th percentile
- 第95百分位
- Her reading test result was in the 95th percentile.她的阅读测试成绩处于第95百分位。
- top percentile
- 前百分之一;最高百分位
- He is in the top percentile of exam candidates.他属于考试成绩前百分之一的考生。
- percentile score
- 百分位分数
- The report shows each student's percentile score.报告显示了每名学生的百分位分数。
- percentile distribution
- 百分位分布
- This chart displays the percentile distribution of incomes.此图表显示了收入的百分位分布。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把percentile记成percent+ile:想象100个等分格,成绩落在第几格,就是第几个百分位。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:统计报告、学术论文、考试成绩说明 percentile 是统计学术语,通常用于正式或学术语境,如研究报告、数据分析或考试评分说明;日常口语中较少用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 percentile 押韵的是 gentile(/ˈdʒɛntaɪl/),都以 /-ɛntaɪl/ 结尾。其余词只是拼写上以 -ile 结尾,但读音或重音不同:tile 读 /taɪl/,重音与元音均不同;reptile 和 textile 的元音同为 /ɛ/,但后面辅音不同,仅算近韵;hostile 英式读 /ˈhɒstaɪl/,元音不同;senile 读 /ˈsiːnaɪl/,元音为 /iː/,完全不同。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.