proportion
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A proportion of a group or an amount is a part of it. 部分[正式]
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。
2. N-COUNT 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. (某部分在总体中所占的) 比例
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%。
3. N-COUNT The proportion of one amount to another is the relationship between the size of the two amounts. (一个量与另一个量的) 比值
Women's bodies tend to have a higher proportion of fat to water. 女性体内往往有更高的脂肪与水的比值。
4. N-PLURAL If you refer to the proportions of something, you are referring to its size, usually when this is extremely large. (某物的) 大小[书面]
In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions. 在热带,植物长得很高大。
5. PHRASE If one thing increases or decreases in proportion to another thing, it increases or decreases to the same degree as that thing. (与…) 成比例地
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。
6. PHRASE If something is small or large in proportion to something else, it is small or large when compared with that thing. (与…) 比
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,孩子头部所占比例往往比成人大。
7. PHRASE 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. (与…) 完全不成比例
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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proportion /prəˈpɔːʃən/ (proportions)
剑桥词典
- What proportion of people who are HIV-positive go on to develop AIDS ?
- As people accumulate more wealth , they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes .
- Their generosity was in inverse proportion to their income .
- He might be small but he's perfectly in proportion.
- Hispanics make up a large proportion of the population of Miami.
proportion noun (AMOUNT)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词, 指称集体行动的一群人的名词作为单数使用时,在英式英语中,该名词后面可以使用动词的单数或者复数在美式英语中,使用动词的单数更好 ]the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to the whole
部分;份额
Children make up a large proportion of the world's population . 孩子占世界人口的很大一部分。
A higher proportion of men are willing to share household responsibilities than used to be the case . 现在愿意共同承担家务的男人比例比过去要高。
The report shows that poor families spend a larger proportion of their income on food . 报告显示,贫困家庭食物支出所占其收入比例更大了。
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]
the number , amount , or level of one thing when compared to another
比率,比例
The proportion of women to men at my college was about five to one. 我所在大学的男女比例大约为1:5。
The chart shows how weight increases in proportion to height (= the increase in weight depends on the increase in height ). 图表表明了体重是如何随身高成正比例上升的。
The level of crime in an area is almost always in direct proportion to the number of unemployed . 一个地区的犯罪率几乎总是与失业人数成正比。
例句
proportion noun (SIZE)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the correct or most attractive relationship between the size of different parts of the same thing or between one thing and another
(某物各个组成部分或一物与另一物之间的)相称,协调,均衡,匀称
Your legs are very much in proportion to (= the right size for) the rest of your body . 你的腿和你身体的其他部位比例非常协调。
His feet seem very small in proportion to his body . 和他的身体相比,他的脚似乎显得太小了。
My head was much nearer the camera than the rest of me so I'm all out of proportion. 我的脑袋比身体其他部位离相机近得多,所以照片里我显得比例失调了。
proportions [ 名词的复数形式 ]
the size , shape , or level of something
尺寸;大小;形状;程度
a building of elegant proportions 造型优美的建筑物
I'm not very good at drawing people - I can never get the proportions right . 我画人物不太在行——我从来都拿不准比例。
humorous She's a woman of generous proportions (= she is fat ). 她是个胖女人。
A small worry in the back of your mind can for no apparent reason assume /take on massive proportions in the middle of the night . 内心深处的一点点忧虑在深夜里便会莫名其妙地无限放大。
proportion noun (IMPORTANCE)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]used in a number of phrases to mean importance and seriousness
重要性,严重性
You have to keep a sense of proportion (= the ability to understand what is important and what is not). 你得会辨别轻重缓急。
I think a certain amount of worry about work is very natural , but you've got got to keep it in proportion (= judge correctly its seriousness ). 我认为对工作有点担心是很自然的,但不要过分担心。