单词 | ratio |
释义 | ratio (reɪʃioʊ , US -ʃoʊ ) Word forms: ratios countable noun [usually singular] A ratio is a relationship between two things when it is expressed in numbers or amounts. For example, if there are ten boys and thirty girls in a room, the ratio of boys to girls is 1:3, or one to three. In 1978 there were 884 students at a lecturer/student ratio of 1:15. The bottom chart shows the ratio of personal debt to personal income. The adult to child ratio is 1 to 6. Synonyms: proportion, rate, relationship, relation Collocations: reduce a ratio Spending cuts and writedowns of debt held by private creditors are intended to reduce that ratio to 120 per cent. Times, Sunday Times The company said that its new cover ratio was based on the assumption that the dividend would be paid out, which would reduce the ratio by 7 percentage points. Times,Sunday Times Many schemes exist but it will take much greater effort to reduce the ratio. Times, Sunday Times Roadway lighting can reduce the ratio of night to day crashes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some are convinced that the effects of that lending addiction may cause long-term problems, even if the expanding economy reduces the ratio of bad loans throughout the banking sector. Times, Sunday Times When the dependency ratio includes both youth and elderly, it is referred to as total dependency ratio. An Introduction to Community Health (1995) It has the lowest total expense ratio of the nine funds in the portfolio at just 0.15 %. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Investment funds quote a total expense ratio in their literature. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Translations: Chinese: 比率 Japanese: 比率 |
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