The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means. 一个人的计划与实践存在太大的落差即是疯狂的表现!
Perhaps what most impressed me was to note the absolute disproportion between the pleasure obtained from a cigarette and the risk run. 或许让我印象最深刻的是看到了吸烟的快乐与健康承担的风险不成比例。
disproportion
[ noun ] lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something <noun.shape>
Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, n. [Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.] 1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.
2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.
Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproportioning}.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. --Shak.
A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. --Prescott.
State agency lawyers said there was a great disproportion between the pool of qualified Hispanic officers who have applied for promotions, raises and choice assignments and those who have moved up the ranks.
France argues that such a possibility is needed in view of the "very large disproportion" between existing chemical stocks.
Critics see a disproportion between libel awards and accident awards.