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proportion [prə'pɔ:ʃən]1 noun∎ in the proportion of 6 parts water to 1 part shampoo dans la proportion de 6 mesures d'eau pour 1 mesure de shampooing;∎ the sentence is out of all proportion to the crime la peine est disproportionnée par rapport au ou est sans commune mesure avec le délit;∎ the price bears little proportion to its real value le prix n'a guère de rapport avec sa véritable valeur;∎ the proportion of income to or over expenditure le rapport entre les revenus et les dépenses(b) (perspective) proportion f;∎ to have a sense of proportion avoir le sens des proportions;∎ he has no sense of proportion il n'a pas le sens de la mesure;∎ you seem to have got or blown the problem out of (all) proportion vous semblez avoir exagéré ou grossi le problème;∎ you must try to see things in proportion vous devez essayer de ramener les choses à leur juste valeur;∎ the artist has got the tree out of proportion l'artiste n'a pas respecté les proportions de l'arbre(c) (dimension) proportion f, dimension f;∎ a ship of vast proportions un navire de grande dimension;∎ the affair has assumed worrying proportions l'affaire a pris des proportions alarmantes;∎ the disease has reached epidemic proportions la maladie est devenue une véritable épidémie;∎ the problem has reached epidemic proportions le problème s'est étendu tel une épidémie∎ a large proportion of the staff/population une grande partie du personnel/de la population;∎ she only got a small proportion of the profits elle n'a touché qu'une petite part ou partie des bénéfices;∎ what proportion of your income do you spend on tobacco? quel pourcentage de vos revenus dépensez-vous en tabac?proportionner;∎ to proportion one's expenditure to one's resources proportionner ses dépenses à ses ressources, calculer ses dépenses en fonction de ses ressourcespar rapport à;∎ the office block is huge in proportion to the houses around it l'immeuble de bureaux est énorme par rapport aux maisons qui l'entourent;∎ the job is badly paid in proportion to the effort required cet emploi est mal payé vu le travail exigé;∎ his salary is in proportion to his experience son salaire correspond à son expérience;∎ the monthly payments are calculated in proportion to your income les mensualités sont calculées en fonction de ou sont proportionnelles à vos revenus;∎ inflation may increase in proportion with wage rises l'inflation risque d'augmenter proportionnellement aux augmentations de salaire
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