| 单词 | proportion |
| 释义 | proportion proportion /; AmE / noun
1 [C, usually sing.] a part or share of a whole: A significant proportion of the shares have been bought by overseas investors. The extra allowance is expressed as a proportion of your basic pay. The company employs men and women in roughly equal proportions. The trade deficit stood at 3.3% as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product. A higher proportion of job applicants now have a postgraduate qualification. A large number of people do not know what proportion of their income is deducted in tax. The proportion of people living in poverty has increased.
a high/large/low/significant/small proportion ◆ a proportion decreases/falls/grows/increases
2 [U] the relationship of one thing to another in size, amount, etc: The proportion of men to women in the workplace has changed dramatically over the years. Shareholders can buy new stock in proportion to the shares they own. The crime rate is in direct proportion to the unemployment rate (= they are connected, so if one is high the other is also high). ⇨ RATIO
3 proportions [pl.] the measurements of sth; the size or shape of sth: This method divides the task into more manageable proportions. The fall in share values is reaching crisis proportions. The proportions of the room are 8 metres by 12 metres. This is a bear market of historic proportions (= it has never happened like this before).
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