英汉词典

proportion 基本解释

• n. 比例；部分；面积；均衡
• vt. 使成比例；使均衡；分摊

proportion 词态变化

proportion 中文词源

来自拉丁短语pro portione,根据比例，按照部分的关系，来自pro,向前，根据，按照，portione,部分，词源同part.引申诸相关词义。

proportion 英文词源

proportion (n.)

late 14c., "due relation of one part to another," also "size, extent; compartative relation in size, degree, number, etc.," from Old French proporcion "measure, proportion" (13c.), from Latin proportionem (nominative proportio) "comparative relation, analogy," from phrase pro portione "according to the relation" (of parts to each other), from pro "for" (see pro-) + ablative of *partio "division," related to pars (see part (n.)). Phrase out of proportion attested by 1670s.

My fortunes [are] as ill proportioned as your legs. [John Marston, "Antonio and Mellida," 1602]

proportion (v.)

"to adjust or regulate the proportions of," late 14c., from proportion (n.) and in part from Middle French proporcioner and directly from Medieval Latin proportionare. Related: Proportioned; proportioning.

proportion 词组搭配

proportion 英文释义

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. 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"- John Ruskin

proportion 双语例句

1. We must keep a sense of proportion about all this.

我们对所有的这些都要有轻重缓急之分。

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2. A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.

人口中有一大部分说以法语为基础的混合语。

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3. 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%。

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4. A high proportion of the new arrivals are skilled professionals.

新来的人中很大一部分是技术熟练的专业人士。

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5. 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。

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proportion 实用场景例句

Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.

水覆盖了地球表面的大部分。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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The room is very long in proportion to (= relative to) its width.

这房间的长度比宽度大很多。

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You haven't drawn the figures in the foreground in proportion .

你的前景人物画得不合比例。

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The head is out of proportion with the body.

头部和身体不成比例。

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an impressive building with fine proportions

比例谐调的雄伟建筑物

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Always try to keep a sense of proportion (= of the relative importance of different things) .

应常记在心，事有轻重缓急之分。

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This method divides the task into more manageable proportions.

这个方法把要完成的任务划分成较为易于操作的步骤。

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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

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a room of fairly generous proportions

相当宽敞的屋子

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They earn salaries out of all proportion to their ability.

他们挣的工资与其能力不相称。

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The media have blown the incident up out of all proportion.

媒体大肆渲染这件事。

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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。

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

一部分租金由市政委员会支付。

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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%。

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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。

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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。

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In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.

在热带，植物会长得非常高大。

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...a fraud of breathtaking proportions.

金额惊人的诈骗案

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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。

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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。

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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。

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The punishment was out of all proportion to the crime.

罚不当罪。

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Everything just got blown out of proportion...

所有一切都变得不可收拾了。

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We've got to keep this in proportion.

我们应当正确对待这一点。

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We must not lose our sense of proportion.

我们不能丧失主次观念。

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