proportion

英 [prəˈpɔːʃn]

美 [prəˈpɔːrʃn]

n.  部分; 份额; 比例; 倍数关系; 正确的比例; 均衡; 匀称

复数：proportions　过去分词：proportioned　现在分词：proportioning　过去式：proportioned　第三人称单数：proportions　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1247 / COCA.3063

习惯用语

n.

keep sth in proportion
• 恰当地处事；看待事物恰如其分
  to react to sth in a sensible way and not think it is worse or more serious than it really is
out of (all) proportion (to sth)
• 不相称；不谐调
  larger, more serious, etc. in relation to sth than is necessary or appropriate
• They earn salaries out of all proportion to their ability.
  他们挣的工资与其能力不相称。
• The media have blown the incident up out of all proportion.
  媒体大肆渲染这件事。

牛津词典

noun

部分 part of whole
• 部分；份额
  a part or share of a whole
  1. Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.
     水覆盖了地球表面的大部分。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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
• 比例；倍数关系
  the relationship of one thing to another in size, amount, etc.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. The room is very long in proportion to (= relative to) its width.
     这房间的长度比宽度大很多。
• 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
  1. You haven't drawn the figures in the foreground in proportion .
     你的前景人物画得不合比例。
  2. The head is out of proportion with the body.
     头部和身体不成比例。
  3. an impressive building with fine proportions
     比例谐调的雄伟建筑物
  4. 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。
大小；形状 size/shape
• 面积；体积；规模；程度
  the measurements of sth; its size and shape
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  3. a room of fairly generous proportions
     相当宽敞的屋子
数学 mathematics
• 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’

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 部分
  Aproportion ofa group or an amount is a part of it.
  1. 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。
  2. A proportion of the rent is met by the city council.
     一部分租金由市政委员会支付。
• N-COUNT 比例
  Theproportion ofone kind of person or thing in a group is the numb