• n. 比例；部分；面積；均衡
• vt. 使成比例；使均衡；分攤

來自拉丁短語pro portione,根據比例，按照部分的關系，來自pro,向前，根據，按照，portione,部分，詞源同part.引申諸相關詞義。

proportion (n.)

late 14c., "due relation of one part to another," also "size, extent; compartative relation in size, degree, number, etc.," from Old French proporcion "measure, proportion" (13c.), from Latin proportionem (nominative proportio) "comparative relation, analogy," from phrase pro portione "according to the relation" (of parts to each other), from pro "for" (see pro-) + ablative of *partio "division," related to pars (see part (n.)). Phrase out of proportion attested by 1670s.

My fortunes [are] as ill proportioned as your legs. [John Marston, "Antonio and Mellida," 1602]

proportion (v.)

"to adjust or regulate the proportions of," late 14c., from proportion (n.) and in part from Middle French proporcioner and directly from Medieval Latin proportionare. Related: Proportioned; proportioning.

1. We must keep a sense of proportion about all this.

我們對所有的這些都要有輕重緩急之分。

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2. A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.

人口中有一大部分說以法語為基礎的混合語。

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3. The proportion of women in the profession had risen to 17.3%.

從事該職業的女性比例已升高到17.3%。

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4. A high proportion of the new arrivals are skilled professionals.

新來的人中很大一部分是技術熟練的專業人士。

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5. The radio station has to include a substantial proportion of classical music.

該電臺不得不播放大量的古典音樂。

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