单词	disproportionately
释义	disproportionatedis‧pro‧por‧tion‧ate /ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃənət◂ $ -ɔːr-/ AWL adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Children who disrupt lessons at school take up a disproportionate amount of the teacher's time. The report shows that a disproportionate number of black women do unskilled, low-paid work. The richest areas of the country are getting a disproportionate share of government grants. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Clough was small in stature with disproportionate physical strength and powers of endurance. For years, the female tilt toward the Democrats was balanced by disproportionate white male support for Republicans. In both houses, the reformers claimed, committee chairmen exercised disproportionate power. Nationally, a disproportionate 48 percent of all foster children are minorities. Some fields get disproportionate funds, he opined, while others go hungry. They are equally aware that achieving the last few percentage points in performance of ten causes a disproportionate increase in costs. Yet what our little coterie suffered was, I believe, disproportionate to our vices. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatornot equal in number, amount, level etc► unequal · People are paid unequal amounts because they have unequal talents.of unequal size/length etc · two pieces of wood of unequal lengthunequal in size/length etc · The boxers were so unequal in size that it was never really a true contest. ► disproportionate a disproportionate share of something is higher than it should be because the thing has not been shared equally: · Children who disrupt lessons at school take up a disproportionate amount of the teacher's time.· The report shows that a disproportionate number of black women do unskilled, low-paid work.· The richest areas of the country are getting a disproportionate share of government grants. ► imbalance a state in which two things are not equal, especially if this is unfair or causes problems: · Eighty per cent of our wealth belongs to five per cent of the people, and there's no legislation to counter this imbalance.· At the higher levels of management, there's definitely a gender imbalance.imbalance between: · The economy is failing because of the great imbalance between imports and exports.imbalance in/of: · the imbalance of power between women and men in nineteenth-century America· The company was ordered to remedy the racial imbalance in its workforce. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► amount · Television also received a disproportionate amount of public attention in the press and parliamentary debate.· Clearly in simple population terms the older age groups account for a disproportionate amount of health care expenditure.· Many people feel that packaging creates a disproportionate amount of litter.· The Home Secretary is receiving a disproportionate amount of attention from the press for the action that he has taken.· But just as all doctors have patients who consume disproportionate amounts of time so we have papers that slow us down.· Marshall had taken to calling it the rumour factory because a disproportionate amount of time seemed to be wasted on chatter.· Complicated things are never robust and things that are not robust require a disproportionate amount of attention.· Grossly disproportionate amounts of money per pupil for each system reinforced these differences. ► influence · Capitalists command disproportionate influence over state agencies and funding for public campaigns.· New Hampshire, with a population of only 1. 1 million, has long had a disproportionate influence on presidential politics.· New Hampshire unquestionably possesses a disproportionate influence over the nominating process. ► number · A disproportionate number of these patients were elderly.· Also in Medicaid, the budget proposed to reduce payments to hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of poor patients.· A disproportionate number of visits in the late evening were to young children.· Long-term residents affected While seniors account for a disproportionate number of owner move-in evictions, other long-term residents are also affected.· The graduate assignments the following year were reportedly very disappointing, with a disproportionate number being sent to rural areas.· The reality is that Americahas a disproportionate number, though still a minority, of very heavily armed people.· For example it was highlighted that a disproportionate number of Black women remained in refuge accommodation for longer periods before they were rehoused.· It arose out of genuine social issues, not because there was a disproportionate number of prejudiced personalities living in the locality. ► power · Now a generation of southern Republicans, brought up resenting the interfering ways of the federal government, is wielding disproportionate power.· In both houses, the reformers claimed, committee chairmen exercised disproportionate power.· Mr Hattersley said giving disproportionate power to small, minority centre parties would not improve democracy. too much or too little in relation to something else:  the disproportionate amount of money being spent on defence—disproportionately adverb
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