Proportion



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 比例; v. 使成比例
• ［英］ n. 比例; v. 使成比例 ( make into correct proportion)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English proporcion, from Anglo-French, from Latin proportion-, proportio, from pro for + portion-, portio portion — more at for
• Date: 14th century
• 1. harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole ; balance, symmetry
• 2.
  • a. proper or equal share <each did her proportion of the work>
  • b. quota, percentage
• 3. the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree ; ratio
• 4. size, dimension
• 5. a statement of equality between two ratios in which the first of the four terms divided by the second equals the third divided by the fourth (as in 4/2=10/5) — compare extreme 1b, mean 1c

II. transitive verb (proportioned; proportioning)

• Date: 14th century
• 1. to adjust (a part or thing) in size relative to other parts or things
• 2. to make the parts of harmonious or symmetrical
• 3. apportion, allot

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