We are lucky in that only the lower fields, which make up a very small proportion of our farm, are effected by flooding,
值得庆幸的是，只有低洼的受到洪水影响，而低洼地在我们农场比例很小。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 运气好的，侥幸的;兆头好的，吉祥的;〈俚〉难得;很恰当的;
💡 luck幸运 + y ...的→ 幸运的；吉祥的
"a happy-go-lucky sort of person"
乐天派的人
近义：jammy, privileged, propitious, successful, fortunate, happy
反义：luckless, ominous, poor, baleful, unblessed, unblest
n. 比，比率;[数学]比例（法）;面积;相称，平衡;
vt. 使成比例;使相称;使均衡;
💡 pro前面+port部分，分开+ion名词后缀→成分其中一部分→[所占]比例
"Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface."
水覆盖了地球表面的大部分。
近义：proportionate, accommodate, adapt, fit, proportionality, balance
反义：hype, magnify, overstate, stretch, dramatize, bulge
flooding
['flʌdɪŋ]
n. 泛滥;[化]溢流;[医]血崩;产后出血;
v. 淹没(flood的现在分词);充满;溢出;
💡 flo(flow)+od(名词后缀)→泛滥；洪水
"The conjunction of heavy rains and strong winds caused flooding."
大雨和大风加在一起造成了洪水泛滥.
近义：inundation, rise, swamping, alluvium, waterlogging, flood
adj. 下方的;在底部的;较低级的;
v. 降低;减少;缩小;
"the lower deck of a ship"
船的下甲板
近义：lessen, reduce, slack, slacken, trim, deescalate
反义：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
adj. 小的;难为情的;低级的，卑劣的;细微的，微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 细小部分，腰部;琐碎东西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。
近义：little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital