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disproportionately + adjective
用于修饰形容词，表示程度超出正常比例。
The cost of housing in this city is disproportionately high.
这个城市的住房成本高得不成比例。
不成比例地；不相称地
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不成比例地；不相称地
to a degree that is not proportionate; out of proportion
The cost of housing in this city is disproportionately high.
这个城市的住房成本高得不成比例。
以不成比例的方式。
in a disproportionate manner
The report focuses disproportionately on failures and ignores successes.
这份报告不成比例地关注失败，而忽略了成功。
Food prices have risen disproportionately this year.
今年的食品价格涨得不成比例。
The kitchen is disproportionately large for such a small apartment.
对于这么小的公寓来说，这间厨房大得不成比例。
用于修饰形容词，表示程度超出正常比例。
The cost of housing in this city is disproportionately high.
这个城市的住房成本高得不成比例。
常用于被动结构，强调某群体所受影响与其规模或人口比例不符。
Rural communities were disproportionately affected by the new policy.
农村社区受新政策影响不成比例。
副词可放在宾语之后，突出动词所表示的影响在对象间的分配不均。
The tax increases affect low-income families disproportionately.
增税对低收入家庭造成的影响不成比例。
Not this
The amount of work was large disproportionately.
Use this
The amount of work was disproportionately large.
在英语中，程度副词 disproportionately 应放在它所修饰的形容词之前，即 disproportionately large，而不是放在形容词之后。
Not this
The new policy affects poor people disproportionately than rich people.
Use this
The new policy affects poor people disproportionately compared with rich people.
disproportionately 不是比较级，不能接 than 引导比较对象；表示“与……相比不成比例地”时，应该用 compared with 引出比较对象。
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受到不成比例的影响
The pandemic disproportionately affected low-income families.
疫情对低收入家庭造成了不成比例的影响。
过高；不成比例地高
Minorities face a disproportionately high rate of unemployment.
少数族裔面临过高的失业率。
过大；不相称地大
A disproportionately large share of the budget goes to defense.
预算中有不成比例的一大块用于国防。
占比过高；代表性不成比例
Young people are disproportionately represented among the unemployed.
年轻人在失业人口中占比过高。
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可以这样记：disproportionately 拆成 dis（不）+ proportion（比例），意思就是‘不成比例’；想象一个头大身小的卡通人，处处失调。
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、新闻报道、正式报告 该词多用于正式或书面语，在描述数量、比例或影响不相称时使用；口语中较少出现。
proportionately rhymes with the target: both stress the syllable -por- and end in /ʃənətli/. affectionately and passionately share the /ʃənətli/ ending but stress a different syllable, so they do not rhyme. fortunately, unfortunately, and deliberately are spelling lookalikes ending in -ately but sound different: /ˈfɔːrtʃənətli/, /ʌnˈfɔːrtʃənətli/, and /dɪˈlɪbərətli/.
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