The thing approached the proportions of a scandal—then died away.

这引起了轩然大波——后来却平息了。

He highlighted a housing crisis of what he called stunning proportions.

他强调了住房危机，用他的话来说，流离失所的比例很高。

Norma and Norman's proportions came from such averages.

诺玛和诺曼的身体比例就是从这种平均值来的。

But it was the sauropods like Brontosaurus, Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus who reached enormous proportions.

但蜥脚下目类的恐龙，比如雷龙梁龙和腕龙达到了巨大的比例。

Apes get a large proportion of their food by 'fishing' ants from ant hills.

猩猩可以从蚂蚁山中找到大量的蚂蚁作为食物。

Homo erectus had body proportions like our species, Homo sapiens, though with a smaller brain.

直立人的身体比例和我们的智人一样，只是大脑更小。

I am blowing things out of proportion.

我夸大事实（blow things out of proportion）了。

Why does it have such a high proportion of iron?

为什么水星有这么高比例的铁含量？

Japan's population has the world's highest proportion of over-65s, at 28%.

日本65岁以上者的人口比例为28％，居于世界首位。

Well, it can express only a small proportion of the features that intonation has.

对，标点符号只能表现语调能表现出的一小部分信息。

That in itself is a stunningly infinitesimal proportion.

这本身就是个极其微小的部分。

Quite a bit less than industry, but it's still a significant proportion.

比工业要少一点，但仍然是一个重要的比例。

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

广告公司会创作出广告并提出一个媒体方案，详细说明会使用什么媒体，还有会按照什么比例。

Keep the proportions of questions, the answers at least 80%.

在交流和谈话中，将问答的比例至少保持在80%。

Now you're ready for a journey of epic proportions.

现在准备好开始史诗般的旅行。

But despite these mammoth proportions, its brain is tiny, weighing just over 100 grammes.

尽管其体格巨大，它的大脑却很小，只有一百克重。

She's been invited to join a program of epic proportions.

她被邀请参加一个前所未有的项目。

And those proportions are steadily growing.

这些比例正在稳步增长。

The proportions of David are not typical of Michelangelo's work.

大卫的比例在米开朗基罗的作品中并不典型。

So the researchers also measured the proportions of different carbon and nitrogen isotopes in whiskers from coyotes.

因此，研究人员还测量了郊狼胡须中不同碳同位素和氮同位素的比例。