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Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.

水覆盖了地球表面的大部分。

This is hard to achieve when, as is now the case in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors.

这是很难实现的，因为现在许多大公司的情况是，大部分员工都是临时合同工。

More-efficient farming practices and better transport, storage and processing facilities ensure that a larger proportion of the food reaches markets and consumers.

更有效的农业生产方式和更好的运输、储存和加工设施确保了更大比例的食品能到达市场和消费者手中。

The proportion of men to women in the college has changed dramatically over the years.

近年来，这个学院的男女学生比例出现了剧变。

The pressure in the cylinders would go up in proportion to the boiler pressure.

汽缸内的压力会与锅炉的压力成比例上升。

The value of a recovery period rises in proportion to the amount of work required of us.

恢复期的价值与我们所需要做的工作量成正比。

I am impressed by the cathedral of classic proportions.

那个合乎古典比例的大教堂令我印象深刻。

The head is out of proportion with the body.

头部和身体不成比例。

Researchers generating a computer model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions, for example, found that her back would be too weak to support the weight of her upper body, and her body would be too narrow to contain more than half a liver and a few centimeters of bowel.

以芭比娃娃比例的女性为例，研究人员在制作电脑模型时发现，她的背部无力支撑上半身的重量，而她的身体又太窄，容纳不下肝脏的一半和几厘米的肠子。

In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.

在热带，植物长得很高大。

The agency creates advertisements and develops a media prime, specifying which media will be used and in which proportions.

该机构制作广告并开发优质媒体，指定将使用何种媒体以及以何种比例使用。