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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

3.43 Proportion

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Definition
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proportion
/pɹɪ'pɔɹʃɪn/
(countable) The proportion is the relationship in size between one part and another.
proportionate
proportionately
proportional
proportionally

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  1. proportion [prə'pɔ:ʃən]

    n. 比例, 均衡, 部份
    vt. 使成比例, 使均衡, 分摊
    We are trying to reduce the problem to manageable proportions

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  2. Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.

    Korean : 비례(시키다). 균형을 잡다[to]

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  3. “I don't know if it's blown out of proportion, or they want to bother with us, or if they're in fear of coming to us.”

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  4. So I wanted to take the horizontal size of one letter and multiply the golden proportion.
    Italian: Proporzione

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  5. Even at rest our large brains consume a high proportion of our energy, and since they offer us most of our advantages against other impossible to compare among fields.

    Japanese;tsuri ai, wari ai

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  6. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Spanish: Proporcionar

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  7. An infectious disease expert says fears about the spread of swine flu are out of proportion to the threat posed by the disease.
    Russian: пропорция

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  8. Steps must be taken to reduce the problem to manageable proportions.

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