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pro.por.tionHprE5pC:7F[n, $-5pC:r-na part or share of the whole, or a compared number, amount or level比A proportion is often the number, amount or level of one thing when compared to another.比率，比例The proportion of women to men at my college was about five women to one man. [C]我的大学的男女生比例是大约五个女生比一个男生。The proportion of fat to flour is different in pastry and sponge. [C]在馅饼和海绵蛋糕中，脂肪和面粉的比例是不同的。The chart shows how weight increases in proportion to height (= the increase in weight depends on the increase in height). [U]这张图表显示出体重是怎样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. [U]一个地区的犯罪率几乎总是与失业人数直接成正比的。A proportion can also be the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to the whole.部分A higher proportion of women are now working. [C]现在更多的妇女在工作。The report shows that poor families spend a large proportion of their income on food. [C]这份报告显示贫困家庭将他们收入的很大部分花在食品上。If something is big, small, long, short, etc. in proportion to another related thing it is big, small, etc. compared to the other thing.与…相比（大，小）You're lucky in that your legs are very long in proportion to your height. [U]你很运气，因为和你的整个身高相比，你的腿很长。Her head is ridiculously big in proportion to her body. [U]和她的身体相比，她的头大得滑稽。Proportion also refers to the correct or most attractive relationship between the size of different parts of the same thing.匀称，均衡My head was much nearer the camera than the rest of me so I'm all out of proportion. [U]我的头比身体其他部分离照相机近得多，所以我（在照片上）比例失调了。"My legs are short." "They're not -- they're in proportion to the rest of your body." [U]“我的腿很短。”“不----它们和你身体的其他部分配得很匀称。”Proportion is used in particular phrases to mean importance and seriousness.重要性，严重性You've got to keep a sense of proportion (= the ability to understand what is important and what is not). [U]你得有辨别轻重缓急的能力。It's ridiculous -- we have a tiny disagreement and you blow the whole thing up out of proportion (= treat the matter far too seriously)! [U]这太可笑了----我们只是意见稍有不同，你就夸大了整件事的严重性。Of course when the papers get hold of a story it's blown out of all proportion. [U]当然了，一旦报纸得到了一个故事，它就会被传得不像样了。I think a certain amount of worry about work is very natural but you've got to keep it in proportion (= judge correctly its seriousness).我想对工作有一定的担心是很自然的，但是你别过分担心。[INVERT 中的 inverse proportion]
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