[] () the relationship between the present market price of shares in a particular company and the earnings per share (= the amount of profit that the company earned in the previous year divided by the number of shares), used to analyse the company's performance over a period of time or compare it with others价格收益比率，市盈率（某公司目前股票市价与每股收益之间的比值，用以分析公司一段时间内的业绩或与其他公司进行比较）◆A high price-earnings ratio can mean that a company is growing fast.价格收益比率高意味着公司成长迅速。◆Its price-earnings ratio of about 27 is well below some of its competitors.其大约 27 的价格收益比率远远低于它的某些竞争对手。➡multiple