单词 | out of (all) proportion |
释义 | out of (all) proportionout of (all) proportion EXAGGERATEtoo big, great, or strong in relation to something (相对某事物来说)超出比例;与…不相称 out of (all) proportion to/with The fear of violent crime has now risen out of all proportion to the actual risk. 对暴力犯罪的恐惧大大超出了实际的危险。 get/blow something out of proportion (=treat something as more serious than it really is) 把事情看得过分严重 Aren’t you getting things rather out of proportion? 你是不是把事情想得太糟了? The whole issue has been blown out of all proportion. 整件事被过分夸大了。 Examples from the Corpus get/blow something out of proportion• Things get blown out of proportion.• Things had got a bit out of proportion.• We mustn't get things out of proportion.• The issue was blown far out of proportion. → out of (all) proportion at proportion1(2) |
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