nine out of ten

几乎总是如此。
常用释义
十次中有九次:表示某种情况或事情发生的概率非常高,几乎总是如此。

例句

1·At least nine out of ten Mexicans are baptized Catholics.

至少十分之九的墨西哥人是受过洗礼的天主教徒。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Those of you who are right-handed, which comprises about nine out of ten people, have language in your left hemisphere.

你们中惯用右手的人,也就是十分之九的人,语言功能位于左半球。

3·In 1616-1619 an epidemic, possibly of bubonic or pneumonic plague, swept coastal New England, killing as many as nine out of ten.

1616-1619年,一场可能是淋巴腺鼠疫或肺鼠疫的流行病席卷了新英格兰沿海地区,十人中有九人因此死亡。

4·We knew that nine out of ten people walking into that store would be learning about Skullcandy for the first time.

我们知道走进那家商店的十个人中有九个是第一次了解 Skullcandy。

5·Advertisements for breakfast cereals have, for many years, been found to be especially fond of fantasy techniques, with almost nine out of ten including such content.

据发现,多年来的早餐麦片广告都喜欢利用虚构手法,几乎九成都包含这样的内容。

6·Nine out of ten families are gone.

十停儿人家去了九停儿。

—— 《新英汉大辞典》

7·Nine out of ten are good.

十停儿有九停儿是好的。

8·Nine out of ten people agreed with me.

有十分之九的人同意我的意见。

9·Nine out of ten people like chocolate.

十个人中有九个喜欢巧克力。

10·Nine out of ten cholera cases are in Africa.

九成的霍乱病例在非洲。