proportion
美 [prə'pɔrʃ(ə)n]
英 [prə'pɔː(r)ʃ(ə)n]
- n.比例;部分;份额;均衡
- v.摊派;使相称
- 网络比率;比重;面积
复数:proportions 过去分词:proportioned 现在分词:proportioning
adj.+n.
large proportion,high proportion,direct proportion,same proportion,right proportion
v.+n.
constitute proportion
proportion
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部分part of whole
1. | [cspv] 部分;份额a part or share of a whole |
Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface. 水覆盖了地球表面的大部分。 | |
Loam is a soil with roughly equal proportions of clay, sand and silt. 壤土是由大约等份的黏土、沙和粉砂合成的。 | |
The proportion of regular smokers increases with age. 习惯吸烟的人口比重随年龄的增长而上升。 | |
A higher proportion of Americans go on to higher education than is the case in Britain. 美国人上大学的比例大于英国。 |
关系relationship
2. | [u] ~ (of sth to sth) 比例;倍数关系the relationship of one thing to another in size, amount, etc. |
The proportion of men to women in the college has changed dramatically over the years. 近年来,这个学院的男女学生比例出现了剧变。 | |
The basic ingredients are limestone and clay in the proportion 2:1. 基本成分是石灰石和黏土,比例为 2:1。 | |
The room is very long in proportion to(= relative to) its width. 这房间的长度比宽度大很多。 |
3. | [u][c][usupl] 正确的比例;均衡;匀称the correct relationship in size, degree, importance, etc. between one thing and another or between the parts of a whole |
You haven't drawn the figures in the foreground in proportion . 你的前景人物画得不合比例。 | |
The head is out of proportion with the body. 头部和身体不成比例。 | |
an impressive building with fine proportions 比例协调的雄伟建筑物 | |
Always try to keep a sense of proportion(= of the relative importance of different things) . 事有轻重缓急之分,这要常记在心。 |
大小;形状size/shape
4. | [pl] 面积;体积;规模;程度the measurements of sth; its size and shape |
This method divides the task into more manageable proportions. 这个方法把要完成的任务划分成较易操作的步骤。 | |
a food shortage that could soon reach crisis proportions 可能会很快达到危机程度的粮食短缺 | |
a room of fairly generous proportions 相当宽敞的屋子 |
数学mathematics
5. | [u] 等比关系;比例the equal relationship between two pairs of numbers, as in the statement ‘4 is to 8 as 6 is to 12’ |