disproportion

disproportion
noun
  1. an instance of being out of proportion with something else
    不相称;不匀称
    there is a disproportion between the scale of expenditure and any benefit that could possibly result.
    支出规模和可能获得的任何收益都不相称。
    [mass noun]women undergoing Caesarean section because of feto-pelvic disproportion.
    因为胎盘头盆不称而进行剖腹产的妇女。
派生
disproportional
adjective
disproportionality
noun
disproportionally
adverb
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing absence) + proportion, on the pattern of French disproportion
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