nine tenths

基本解释

I went through the whole of it, though at least nine-tenths of the words were unknown to me.
尽管至少有十分之九的字词不认识，我还是看完了整本书。
If you look at Bible prophecy, at a series of prophecies, and nine-tenths of them have been fulfilled right, according to the letter, there is only one-tenth left.
如果你看看圣经预言，看看这一系列的预言书，你会发现，他们当中十分之九已经应验了。信上说，只有十分之一的预言还没应验。
There, they say, the mutation that existed in under a tenth of the population spread to nearly nine-tenths—because those with it survived far better than those without.
他们说，自此，本来存在于人口十分之一的基因突变扩展到将近十分十九——因为基因发生突变后的人更能适应新的环境。

That was a good joke on me. By jingo, I'll bet I did jump six and nine-tenths inches.
And the sooner you learn -- get out.Get out!" MOTHER: "Mercy Maude,Frank, I'll bet you jumped six and nine-tenths inches that time."
Officials reported this week that the gross domestic product grew nine-tenths of one percent between April and June.

They command about nine-tenths of the financial resources of the big four state banks.
ECONOMIST: The real leap forward