proportion

割合、比率

ある部分の大きさや量を、ほかの部分や全体と比べたもの。

やさしい英語で： The size or amount of one part compared with another part or the whole.

• A small proportion of students walk to school.
• What proportion of your budget goes on food?
• The proportions of flour and water affect the dough.

使い方： a proportion of something (A large proportion of our income goes on rent.); in proportion to something (The cost rises in proportion to the size.)

類義語： ratio, share

よく使う表現： proportion of something, large proportion, in proportion

等分する

物を同じ大きさや量の部分に分ける。

やさしい英語で： To divide something into equal shares.

• They proportioned the food into equal shares.
• We must proportion the supplies equally among the workers.
• The clerk proportioned the payment among the three owners.

使い方： proportion something among someone (They proportioned the supplies equally among the teams.)

類義語： divide equally, apportion

よく使う表現： proportion the supplies, proportion something equally