disproportionate

disproportionate1
[ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nət]
adjective
  1. too large or too small in comparison with something else
    不相称的；不匀称的
    people on lower incomes spend a disproportionate amount of their income on fuel.
    低收入的人花在燃料上的钱却不少。
    persistent offenders were given sentences that were disproportionate to the offences they had committed.
    惯犯在被判刑时是从重量刑的。
派生
disproportionately
adverb
disproportionateness
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing absence) + proportionate, on the pattern of French disproportionné
disproportionate2
[ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃ(ə)neɪt]
verb
  1. [no obj.](Chemistry)undergo disproportionation
    (化)歧化
    water disproportionates to oxygen and hydrogen.
    水歧化成氧气和氢气。
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