词汇 | example_english_enormous-proportion |
释义 | enormous proportioncollocation in Englishmeanings of enormousand proportionThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with proportion. enormous adjective uk /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ us /əˈnɔːr.məs/ extremely ... See more at enormous 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 enormous 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. Warships take an enormousproportion as compared with merchant ships. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another question which is seriously disturbing the country is the enormousproportion of married men who have enlisted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I need not emphasise what an enormousproportion of the population go away from home or even abroad for their holidays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that in order to train 6,501 persons you have engaged 6,201 persons, which seems to be an enormousproportion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Further, all this time they have devoted an enormousproportion of their national resources to building up their military capability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here we have an enormousproportion of our population who cannot get enough food. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But nothing very much has come of it, when one considers the enormousproportion of money handled by bookmakers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That subject would create a debate of enormousproportion and heat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The population of the world has increased by 500 million in the last decade, an enormousproportion of them being illiterate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many council tenants in modern accommodation pay an enormousproportion of their rent for bad central heating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One has an enormousproportion of offal in the form of internal fat and bone, and the other has a relatively small amount. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is an enormousproportion of a work force of 22 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not sufficiently remembered what an enormousproportion of detainees has already been released. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are the only nation that has ever had such an enormousproportion of officers to control 800 or 900 men in action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So an enormousproportion of the overspending is due to those two items, which alone amount to £1,650,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even with such a broad definition, that is an enormousproportion of the prison population with psychiatric disorders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If wheat were adopted as a standard the amount of wheat in circulation would be an enormousproportion of the total amount of wheat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is an enormousproportion of our resources in relation to all the other costs we have to meet as a nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will repay us if we consider the figures showing the enormousproportion of borrowed money or loan operations as compared with taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest that such an enormousproportion of the income of individuals cannot be taken away without causing inflation. 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 enormous Go to the definition of proportion See other collocations with proportion |
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