1. in proportion to : 与...成比例;
2. in the proportion of : 按...的比例;
3. in proportion : 按实际重要性, 合乎情理地;
4. out of proportion : 不成比例;
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1. 部分
A proportion of a group or an amount is a part of it.
2. 比例
The proportion of one kind of person or thing in a group is the number of people or things of that kind compared to the total number of people or things in the group.
3. 比例;比
The proportion of one amount to another is the relationship between the two amounts in terms of how much there is of each thing.
4. (通常指极其巨大的事物的)大小,尺寸
If you refer to the proportions of something, you are referring to its size, usually when this is extremely large.
5. (艺术品或设计的各部分之间的)比例
If you refer to the proportions in a work of art or design, you are referring to the relative sizes of its different parts.
6. 与…成比例;与…相称;按照
If one thing increases or decreases in proportion to another thing, it increases or decreases to the same degree as that thing.
7. 与…相比
If something is small or large in proportion to something else, it is small or large when compared with that thing.
8. 与…极不成比例;与…完全不相称
If you say that something is out of all proportion to something else, you think that it is far greater or more serious than it should be.
9. 过于看重/正确看待
If you get something out of proportion, you think it is more important or worrying than it really is. If you keep something in proportion, you have a realistic view of how important it is.
10. 区别轻重缓急的能力;分寸感;主次观念
If someone has a sense of proportion, they know what is really important and what is not.