is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the vernacular of his family.
就好像他本国语言的总词汇量和自己咿呀学语时他家庭所接纳的他的词汇量之比。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 44 Patterns of culture

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

proportion [prə'pɔrʃən] 词频2 词根: part
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
total ['totl] 词频1
adj. 总计的（金额等）;全部的;完全的;绝对的; n. 总计，总数;全体数量; vt.& vi. 总计达，计算…的总数;
💡 total-, tot- 表”所有的”
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：summate, tot, totalize, tote, level, overthrow 反义：quota, share, slice, snippy, patchy, fragmental
vocabulary [və'kæbjəlɛri] 词频2 词根: voc
n. （某一语言的）词汇;（尤指外语教科书中附有释义的）词汇表;
💡 vocabul=vocable词+ary表名词→词汇
"There is a vocabulary at the back of our English book."
我们英语课本的后面附有词汇表.
近义：wordbook, wording
against [ə'ɡɛnst] 词频1
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
mother ['mʌðɚ] 词频1
n. 母亲，妈妈;女修道院院长;大娘; vt. 像母亲般地照顾;养育;溺爱;
💡 莫(mo)非这个(the)人(r)是 妈妈？
"The baby had been abandoned by its mother."
这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
近义：mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum 反义：child, descendant, girl

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day.
它们一年中消灭了多少昆虫，我们简直无法猜测，它们是吃不饱的动物，不满意一日三餐。
One is the general atmosphere of secrecy in which it is carried out,
一是科研工作中普遍存在的保密气氛；
Many people in industry and the Services, who have practical experience of noise,regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time;
在工业部门工作和在军队中服役的许多人对噪音有切身的体会，他们认为对这个问题进行调查是浪费时间，
Since the sea covers the greater part of the earth's surface,
既然海洋覆盖着地球的大部分表面，
But can we blame those who looked and failed to see what Galileo saw, if we remember that to use a telescope at the limit of its powers calls for long experience and intimate familiarity with one's instrument?
但是，如果我们想到，便用一架倍数有限的望远镜需要长期的经验和对自己仪器的熟悉程度，那么我们怎么能去责备观察了天空但没有看到伽利略所看到的东西的那些人呢？
the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began.
会领悟到素材中很多东西是他刚动笔时所未意识到的。