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Proportion 例:The N Count Large Things Prep Phrase Important Group

单词 proportion
音标
英[prəˈpɔ:ʃn] 美[prəˈpɔrʃn]
解释
n.比,比率;[数学]比例(法);面积;相称,平衡;vt.使成比例;使相称;使均衡;
例句

N-COUNT
部分
A proportion of a group or an amount is a part of it.
例:A large proportion of the dolphins in that area will eventually die...那片区域里的很大一部分海豚终将死去。
例:A proportion of the rent is met by the city council.一部分租金由市政委员会支付。

N-COUNT
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.
例:The proportion of women in the profession had risen to 17.3%...从事该职业的女性比例已升高到17.3%。
例:The radio station has to include a substantial proportion of classical music.该电台不得不播放大量的古典音乐。

N-COUNT
比例;比
The proportion of one amount to another is the relationship between the two amounts in terms of how much there is of each thing.
例:Women's bodies tend to have a higher proportion of fat to water.女性的身体内脂肪与水分的比例往往更高。

N-PLURAL
(通常指极其巨大的事物的)大小,尺寸
If you refer to the proportions of something, you are referring to its size, usually when this is extremely large.
例:In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.在热带,植物会长得非常高大。
例:...a fraud of breathtaking proportions.金额惊人的诈骗案

N-PLURAL
(艺术品或设计的各部分之间的)比例
If you refer to the proportions in a work of art or design, you are referring to the relative sizes of its different parts.
例:You can vary the relative proportions of things in a picture very simply.你能很简单地改变一幅画中事物的相对比例。

PREP-PHRASE
与…成比例;与…相称;按照
If one thing increases or decreases in proportion to another thing, it increases or decreases to the same degree as that thing.
例:The pressure in the cylinders would go up in proportion to the boiler pressure.汽缸内的压力会随着汽锅压力的增加而相应增加。

PREP-PHRASE
与…相比
If something is small or large in proportion to something else, it is small or large when compared with that thing.
例:Children tend to have relatively larger heads than adults in proportion to the rest of their body.与成人相比,儿童头部占整个身体的比例相对较大。

PREP-PHRASE
与…极不成比例;与…完全不相称
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.
例:The punishment was out of all proportion to the crime.罚不当罪。

PHRASE
过于看重/正确看待
If you get something out of proportion, you think it is more important or worrying than it really is. If you keep something in proportion, you have a realistic view of how important it is.
例:Everything just got blown out of proportion...所有一切都变得不可收拾了。
例:We've got to keep this in proportion.我们应当正确对待这一点。

PHRASE
区别轻重缓急的能力;分寸感;主次观念
If someone has a sense of proportion, they know what is really important and what is not.
例:We must not lose our sense of proportion.我们不能丧失主次观念。
变形
pl:proportions~

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