proportion是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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。

  • 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。

• 1 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。

  • 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。

• 2 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。