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disproportionately

/dis-pruh-pawr-shuh-nit-lee/US // ˌdɪs prəˈpɔr ʃə nɪt li //

不相称的,不成比例的,不成比例地,不合比例的

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a way that is out of proper relation with something else in size, number, importance, etc.: We often allow the minor inconveniences of life—such as traffic jams or technology breakdowns—to disproportionately impact our happiness.

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Examples

  • A disproportionate number of outbreaks are located in the southwest part of the commonwealth, where cases have been skyrocketing.

  • For Americans opposed to media-driven censorship, such measures are seen as gross, disproportionate oversteps and violations of the First Amendment.

  • In other words, there are real risks if rich companies in rich nations buy up a disproportionate share of the cheapest sources of carbon removal while they’ve got plenty of other ways to drive their emissions toward zero.

  • These events, while important, populate our imaginings of the future to a disproportionate degree.

  • Reassuring the alarmed public, Macron said in a televised address on Wednesday night that it would be “disproportionate to lock down the country again.”

  • Women and children are disproportionately victims, but they are not alone.

  • The work at Art Basel is often interesting, often dull, and disproportionately decorative in nature.

  • They disproportionately indict young African-American men, and they usually do it very quickly.

  • Significantly, those being targeted are disproportionately transgender, and disproportionately people of color.

  • In 2012 the so-called Bedroom Tax was passed, an under-occupancy penalty that disproportionately hits low-income families.

  • This act was found to be objectionable by some residents who stated that the new seventh district was disproportionately large.

  • Although all freemen had the right to vote in this assembly, the power of the richer classes was disproportionately great.

  • But though the common standard of living has risen, the rise has been on a scale disproportionately small.

  • The Greeks are interesting and quite disproportionately important because they had such a host of great individuals.

  • Many of the deck fittings seemed disproportionately substantial.