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proportion

英  [prəˈpɔːʃən]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • proportions

    1. [C 可数名词] 部分

    A proportion of a group or an amount is a part of it.

    双语例句

    例：

    A large proportion of the dolphins in that area will eventually die.

    那个地区的很大一部分海豚最终都会死去。

    例：

    A proportion of the rent is met by the city council.

    一部分租金由市政委员会缴纳。

    2. [C 可数名词] （某部分在总体中所占的）比例

    The proportion of one kind of person or thing in a group is the number of people or things of that kind compared to the total number of people or things in the group.

    近义词

    amount , part , percentage

    双语例句

    例：

    The proportion of women in the profession had risen to 17.3.

    从事那个职业的女性比例已经增长到17.3。

    例：

    A growing proportion of the population is living alone.

    越来越高比例的人口独居。

    3. [C 可数名词] （一个量与另一个量的）比值

    The proportion of one amount to another is the relationship between the size of the two amounts.

    近义词

    ratio

    双语例句

    例：

    Women's bodies tend to have a higher proportion of fat to water.

    女性体内脂肪与水的比值往往更高。

    4. [PL 复数] （某物的）大小

    If you refer to the proportions of something, you are referring to its size, usually when this is extremely large.

    双语例句

    例：

    In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.

    在热带，植物长得很高大。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • in proportion to

    1. （与…）成比例地

    If one thing increases or decreases in proportion to another thing, it increases or decreases to the same degree as that thing.

    双语例句

    例：

    The pressure in the cylinders would go up in proportion to the boiler pressure.

    汽缸内的压力会与锅炉的压力成比例上升。

    2. （与…）比

    If something is small or large in proportion to something else, it is small or large when compared with that thing.

    近义词

    in relation to

    双语例句

    例：

    Children tend to have relatively larger heads than adults in proportion to the rest of their body.

    与身体其余部位相比，孩子头部占整个身体的比例往往比成人大。

    例：

    Japan's contribution to the UN budget is much larger in proportion to its economy than that of almost any other country.

    日本给联合国预算的交费占其经济总量的比例几乎比任何其他国家都要高。

  • out of all proportion to

    1. （与…）完全不成比例

    If you say that something is out of all proportion to something else, you think that it is far greater or more serious than it should be.

    双语例句

    例：

    The punishment was out of all proportion to the crime.

    惩罚和罪行完全不成比例。

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