考研英语词汇辨析(140) portion、 proportion; section、 segment、 sector的区别

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  portion

  proportion

  这两个词注意不要搞错,portion “部分”,指总体中的一部分。proportion “比例”,指各部分成的比例。

  1) Textbooks are a major portion of the book publishing industry.

  (教科书在图书出版业中占了很大一部分。)

  2)The great portion of his life was spent in London.

  (他的一生中大部分的时间都是在伦敦度过的。)

  3) At the same time, the proportion of young married who hope to have children has declined, and those with children tend to have fewer.

  (与此同时, 希望有孩子的年轻夫妇的比例有所下降,已经有了孩子的夫妇也通常少要孩子)。

  4) A large proportion of profits were allotted to each partner in the company.

  (较大比例的利润分配给了公司的合伙人。)

  section

  segment

  sector

  这三个词也容易混淆。section 指切割而成的部分,即成界限分明、相对独立的部分。segment 指某一段、某一节或某一块形成的部分。sector 可指扇形的情部分,也可表示“部门”,如industrial sector(工业部门)、high-tech sector(高科技部门)、private sector(私营部门)

  1) The chapter falls into three sections.

  (本章分为三个部分。)

  2) My hometown is located in a warm section of the country.

  (我的家乡坐落在我国一个温暖的地带。)

  3) The flood washed down some segments of the highway.

  (洪水冲跑了几段公路。)

  4) Old people have become the fastest increasing segment of the population.

  (老年人成为人口增长最快的一部分人群。)

  5) Dived the circle into six sectors.

  (将园分成6个部分。)

  6) The culture sector is the engine of creativity, and creativity is the basis for social and economic innovation.

  (文化产业是创造力的发动机,而创造力是社会和经济创新的基础。)

  7) Many graduates seek careers in the public sector because they believe that it offers them greater job security.

  (许多毕业生都在公共部门寻找工作,因为他们认为公共部门能给他们提供更大的工作安全。)

  fraction

  fragment

  fraction “一小部分”指人或物中极小的数量。fragment“碎片”、“残片”,指某一整体物残留下来的碎片。

  1) Modern computers can do thousands of sums in a fraction of a second.

  (现代计算机能在分秒的时间里运算成千上万次的金额。)

  2) Only a small fraction of students had the chance to win scholarship.

  (只有极少一部分学生有机会赢得奖学金。)

  3) Only a fragment of the folk literature has been passed down.

  (民间文学只有一小部分的流传下来。)

  4) The boy hid the fragments of broken mirror under the sofa.

  (男孩把破镜的碎片拼藏在沙发底下。)