| 词汇 | example_english_historic-proportion |
| 释义 | historic proportioncollocation in Englishmeanings of historicand proportionThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with proportion. historic adjective uk /hɪˈstɒr.ɪk/ us /hɪˈstɔːr.ɪk/ important or likely to be important ... See more at historic proportion noun uk /prəˈpɔː.ʃən/ us /prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/ the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ... See more at proportion Examples of historic proportionThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Indeed, these incongruities were sufficiently extensive to obscure even a pandemic of historicproportion. If true, it was a tactical mistake of historicproportion, and extraordinary good fortune for the insurgents who lost no time in exploiting it adeptly. Again there was no explicit commitment to an historicproportion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since its independence, natural disasters have given way to political catastrophes there, and here we are today faced with a tragedy of historic proportions. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English People voted overwhelmingly, in historic proportions, for that proposition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This was and remains an achievement of historic proportions that we should not underestimate. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English What a failure of historic proportions that would be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The case is unquestionably a scandal of historic proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The events of 1989 and their aftermath confront us with challenges and opportunities which are truly of historic proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would have to be a miscalculation of historic proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The poll tax has been a social, political and economic disaster of historic proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking of an epidemic of historic proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They demonstrate what can be achieved, and the benefit could be of historic proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And it is a choice of historic proportions. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Along with that deficit—a deficit of historic proportions—we are experiencing the miserable failure of our export performance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am against blank cheques, but we are faced with an absolutely horrific problem of historic proportions—it is similar to the bubonic plague. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The truth is that, within our inner cities today, a transformation of historic proportions is under way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To turn our backs on it would be a collective mistake of absolutely historic proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A constitutional anomaly of historic proportions is one thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The loss that the country has suffered during the industrial collapse of the past three years is of historic proportions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of historic Go to the definition of proportion See other collocations with proportion |
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