Car theft is now reaching epidemic proportions.

汽车偷盗现已近泛滥成灾。

In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.

在热带，植物长得很高大。

This method divides the task into more manageable proportions.

这个方法把要完成的任务划分成较为易于操作的步骤。

Scott of the Antarctic was a national hero of mythic proportions.

南极探险家斯科特是位赫赫有名的民族英雄。

Loam is a soil with roughly equal proportions of clay, sand and silt.

壤土是由大约等份的黏土、沙和粉砂合成的。