n. 1.比，比率；【数学】比例。 2.相称，平衡，调和，配合。 3.份；部分。 4.〔pl.〕 大小，面积，容积。 短语和例子 the proportion of births to the population 出生率。 direct [ inverse] proportion 正[反]比例。 a large proportion of the earth's surface 地球表面的大部分。 due [proper] proportion 调和，相称。 do a sum in [ by ] proportion 按比例计算。 in admirable proportion 非常均衡。 in proportion to [ as ] 与…成比例；与…相称；按…的比例(越…越…)。 of fine proportions (高楼等)堂皇的。 of gigantic proportions 巨大的。 out of (all) proportion to 和…不相称[不成比例]。 sense of proportion 能作出公允判断的能力；辨别轻重缓急的能力。 vt. 1.使相称，使均衡。 2.摊派，分配。 短语和例子 proportion the expenses to the receipts 量入为出。
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 同义词：proportionality, balance,
magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions" 同义词：dimension,
the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin" 同义词：ratio,
the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
balance among the parts of something 同义词：symmetry,
adjust in size relative to other things
give pleasant proportions to; "harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
例句与用法
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The designs in the rug are well proportioned . 地毯上的图案很匀称。
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Each string is of manageable proportions . 每条线的操作是自如的。
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The problem is beginning to assume massive proportions . 问题越来越大了。
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Your proportions are not those of a maiden . 你的身材可不是一个姑娘的身材。
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The steam engine altered the proportion of the globe . 蒸汽机变更了地球上的距离。
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What is the proportion of men to women in the population ? 人口中男女的比例是多少？
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Her head is out of proportion to the size of her body . 她的头部与身体大小不成比例。
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But they had not spoiled his sense of proportion . 它们却没有使他踌躇满志，忘乎所以。
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Her face was long with perfectly proportioned features . 她那长长的脸庞上五官非常匀称。
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This reflected a migration of truly awesome proportions . 这是一种真正骇人的人口迁移运动。
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