| 单词 | proportionate |
| 释义 | proportionate (prəpɔːʳʃənət ) adjective Proportionate means the same as proportional. Republics will have voting rights proportionate to the size of their economies. [+ to] The extra field cultivated meant a proportionate increase in work. proportionately adverb [ADVERB with verb] Direct cost tends to vary proportionately with the level of output. Proportionately more Americans get married nowadays than ever before. Collocations: proportionate response Does the central bank have to keep pushing short-rates higher to elicit at last a roughly proportionate response in the bond market? Times, Sunday Times Where an individual presents a continuing risk to the public, the proposals are a proportionate response. Times,Sunday Times But it seems right that we should adopt a policy of reluctant proportionate response, rather than draconian precautionary initiative. Times, Sunday Times He insisted that it had been a proportionate response to an 'intractable feud'. Times, Sunday Times Let's leave aside the question of proportionate response in both these cases. Times, Sunday Times |
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