the relationship between two groups of people or things that is represented by two numbers showing how much larger one group is than the other比率；比例- The school has a very high teacher-student ratio.这所学校的师生比例很高。🔊🔊
- ratio of A to B What is the ratio of men to women in the department?这个部门的男女比例是多少？🔊🔊
- The ratio of applications to available places currently stands at 100:1.目前，申请人数和录取名额的比例为 100:1。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- Staffing ratios were generally better in smaller hospitals.小医院的人员配备比通常要好一些。
- The hospital is trying to improve its staff/patient ratio.该医院正努力提高医患比例。
- The stock's price-earnings ratio has dropped to 24.该股票的市盈率已跌至 24。
- They have a high ratio of imports to exports.他们进口对出口的比率很高。
- Waist-to-hip ratios vary according to body type.腰与臀的比例随体型的不同而不同。
- We mixed the oil and water in a ratio of one to five.我们以 1 比 5 的比例混合油和水。
- the ratio between the amount of time spent on the work and the profit produced该工作所花时间与获益之比
- the ratio of house prices to incomes房价与收入之比
- the worsening pupil/teacher ratio in our schools我们学校日趋不合理的师生比例
Topics Maths and measurementc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + ratioratio + verbpreposition- in a/the ratio
- ratio between
- ratio of something to something
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See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘reckoning’, from rat- ‘reckoned’, from the verb reri.