proportion句子

1. 比例，比率
2. 均衡，相称，调和，平衡
3. 面积，大小，容积，规模
4. 部分，份儿，份，份额
5. 【数】比例，比
6. 配合
7. 倍数关系

1. 使成比例
2. 使相称，使平衡，使均衡
3. 匀称
4. 分摊，摊派，分配

1. the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
2. magnitude or extent;

   "a building of vast proportions"
   

3. balance among the parts of something
4. the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree;

   "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"
   "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"
   

5. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design);

   "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"
   

1. give pleasant proportions to;

   "harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
   

2. adjust in size relative to other things

1.部分
Aproportion of a group or an amount is a part of it.

proportion

e.g. A largeproportion 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。
e.g. Aproportion of the rent is met by the city council.
一部分租金由市政委员会支付。

2.比例
Theproportion 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.

e.g. Theproportion 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%。
e.g. The radio station has to include a substantialproportion of classical music.
该电台不得不播放大量的古典音乐。

3.比例；比
Theproportion of one amountto another is the relationship between the two amounts in terms of how much there is of each thing.

e.g. Women's bodies tend to have a higherproportion of fat to water.
女性的身体内脂肪与水分的比例往往更高。

4.（通常指极其巨大的事物的）大小，尺寸
If you refer to theproportions of something, you are referring to its size, usually when this is extremely large.

e.g. In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.
在热带，植物会长得非常高大。
e.g. ...a fraud of breathtaking proportions.
金额惊人的诈骗案

5.（艺术品或设计的各部分之间的）比例
If you refer to theproportions in a work of art or design, you are referring to the relative sizes of its different parts.

e.g. 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。

6.与…成比例；与…相称；按照
If one thing increases or decreasesin proportion to another thing, it increases or decreases to the same degree as that thing.

e.g. The pressure in the cylinders would go up inproportion 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。

7.与…相比
If something is small or largein proportion to something else, it is small or large when compared with that thing.

proportion在线翻译

e.g. Children tend to have relatively larger heads than adults inproportion 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。

8.与…极不成比例；与…完全不相称
If you say that something isout of all proportion to something else, you think that it is far greater or more serious than it should be.

proportion的解释

e.g. The punishment was out of allproportion to the crime.
罚不当罪。

9.过于看重/正确看待
If you get somethingout of proportion, you think it is more important or worrying than it really is. If you keep somethingin proportion, you have a realistic view of how important it is.

e.g. Everything just got blown out ofproportion...
所有一切都变得不可收拾了。
e.g. We've got to keep this inproportion.
我们应当正确对待这一点。

10.区别轻重缓急的能力；分寸感；主次观念
If someone has asense of proportion, they know what is really important and what is not.

proportion在线翻译

e.g. We must not lose our sense ofproportion.
我们不能丧失主次观念。

in proportion

有相同的比值having equal ratios

in proportion to

相对于某事物来说; 与某事物成比例relative to sth

out of proportion

不相称; 不成比例in the wrong relation (to other things)

proportion to (v.+prep.)

量入为出 keep expenditures below income
proportion sth to sth

You must proportion the width of a building to its height.

你必须使建筑物的宽度与其高度成比例。

He proportioned his expenditure to his income.

他使自己的收支成比例。

• So large a proportion of the earth's surface.

  出自：T. H. Huxley

• A small proportion of Old Boys who revisit their old school.

  出自：A. C. Boult

• Proportion your supply exactly to the demand.

  出自：H. Martineau

• The punishment should be proportioned to the offence.

  出自：J. S. Mill

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的proportion；最初源自古典拉丁语的proportionem，意为相对的关系，类似。