in proportion

proportion /prǝ'pↄ:ʃn/ n

၁။ [CGp] အစိတ်အပိုင်းတစ်ရပ်။ Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface. ❍ The proportion of regular smokers increases sharply with age. ❍ A higher proportion of Americans go on to higher education than is the case in Britain.
၂။ [U]~ (of sth to sth) အချိုးအစား။ အချိုး။ The proportion of men to women in the college has changed dramatically over the years. ❍ The basic ingredients are limestone and clay in the proportion 2:1.
၃။ [U,C usu pl ] အချိုးအစားတကျရှိခြင်း။ It is rare for the iron and silica to be present in just the right proportions. ❍ A garden design should reflect nature in shape, proportion and size.
၄။ proportions [pl] ပမာဏ။ အတိုင်းအဆ။ a food shortage that could soon reach alarming proportions ❍ a room of modest proportions.
၅။ [U] (mathematics ) အချိုး။ ‘4 is to 8 as 6 is to 12’ is a statement of proportion.
❏ in proportion [IDM ] အချိုးအစားကျကျ။ သူ့ အတိုင်းအတာနှင့်သူ။ You haven't drawn the figures in the foreground in proportion. ❍ The problem of hooliganism should be kept in proportion–only a small number of young people act in this way. ❍ Her figure is perfectly in proportion.
❏ in proportion to sth [IDM ] အချိုးအစား ပြေပြေပြစ်ပြစ်နှင့် နှိုင်းစာလျှင်။ The garden is very long in proportion to its width.
❏ out of (all) proportion (to sth ) [IDM ] အလွန်အကျွံ။ They earn salaries out of all proportion to their ability. ❍ The media have blown the incident up out of all proportion.
❏ out of proportion (to sth) [IDM ] မလိုက်ဖက်အောင်။ I've drawn the head out of proportion to ( the size of ) the body. ❍ a severe punishment that was out of proportion to the crime.
❏ proportioned adj (esp in compounds) အချိုးအစား (ကျ)သော။ a well proportioned room ❍ his perfectly proportioned body.