A ratio is a relationship between two things when it is expressed in numbers or amounts. For example, if there are ten boys and thirty girls in a room, the ratio of boys to girls is 1:3, or one to three.
例句
In 1978 there were 884 students at a lecturer/student ratio of 1:15...1978年有884名学生,师生比为1比15。The bottom chart shows the ratio of personal debt to personal income...下面的图表显示了个人负债与个人收入之比。
英汉词典释义
n.
比, 比例, 比率
The ratio of pupils to teachers was 30 to 1.学生和老师的比率是30比1。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)