基本释义
- n.
- 部分，份额; 比例; 重要性; 均衡
- v.
- 使相称; 使成比例
词性变化
- 复数:proportions;
实用例句
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。
A proportion of the rent is met by the city council.
一部分租金由市政委员会支付。
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%。
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。
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。
In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.
在热带，植物会长得非常高大。
...a fraud of breathtaking proportions.
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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。
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。
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。
The punishment was out of all proportion to the crime.
罚不当罪。
Everything just got blown out of proportion...
所有一切都变得不可收拾了。
We've got to keep this in proportion.
我们应当正确对待这一点。
We must not lose our sense of proportion.
我们不能丧失主次观念。
真题例句
This is hard to achieve when, as is now the case in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume,said Mintel analyst Jack Duckett.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Only a very small proportion of burglaries are committed by technical means.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文high schools was made this year, as in years past, according to a single metric, the proportion of students taking college-level exams.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文"Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume," said mintel analyst Jack Duckett.
2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CIn fact, other recent studies have found there has never been a time in American history when so small a proportion of young people have sought or accepted leadership roles in local civic organizations.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文And the World Resources Institute in its World Resources 2005 report, issued at the end of August, produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer people derive a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文A large proportion of inner-city children often miss classes.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The agency createsadvertisements and develops a media plan, specifying which media will be used and in which proportions.
出自-2015年12月听力原文In mature, fully developed countries such as the UK, more-efficient farming practices and better transport, storage and processing facilities ensure that a larger proportion of the food produced reaches markets and consumers.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文Last spring the school graduated the same proportion of minorities as it did whites
出自-2011年6月阅读原文The small proportion of minority students.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文And the World Resources Institute WR in its World Resources 2005 report, issued at the end of August, produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; It also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer p
2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BRelative poverty is generally considered to be a household income level which is below a given proportion of average family income.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section CThat's because, for the first time in human history, a large proportion of the- species is in continuous contact with technology that can record key features of an individual's behavior and environment.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section CThe value of a recovery period rises in proportion to the amount of work required of us.
2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BWell, we'd been led to believe that we would encounter a good proportion of this older, thicker, technically multi-year ice that's been around for a few years and just gets thicker and thicker.
2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section CAccording to the report's key findings, the proportion who say they ‘hardly ever' read for fun has gone from 8 percent of 13-year-olds.
2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文In Japan the proportion is 35%.
2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section ⅡThe Europe Union is now considering legislation to compel corporate boards to maintain a certain proportion of women—up to 60 per cent.
2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
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
1. give pleasant proportions to;
"harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
2. adjust in size relative to other things