Exaggerating our competition out of all proportion would squeeze out space for cooperation.

“一味放大竞争，就会挤压合作的空间。

Its power is out of all proportion to its worth'.

它的力量与其价值完全不成比例。

Yet the book had a historical value out of all proportion to its science.

然而，这本书的历史价值与其科学价值完全不成比例。

The whole issue has been blown out of all proportion.

【proportion】整个问题被过分夸大了。

The fear of violent crime has now risen out of all proportion to the actual risk.

【proportion】对暴力犯罪的恐惧大大超出了其实际危险。

And as it is especially the vice of energetic men, the casual efficacy of love of power is out of all proportion to its frequency.

但事实上，特别是精力旺盛的人的恶习，权欲的偶尔实现与权欲的频繁滋生两者完全不成比例。

The quantity of brass and iron annually brought from the mine to the market, is out of all proportion greater than that of gold and silver.

每年从矿山运往市场的黄铜和铁的数量，远远多于金银。

They themselves, on the contrary, have hitherto been defended almost entirely at the expense of the mother country; but the expense of fleets and armies is out of all proportion greater than the necessary expense of civil government.

相反，迄今为止，他们自己的保卫几乎完全是以祖国为代价的； 但是舰队和军队的开支比文官政府的必要开支多得不成比例。

Suffering is made contagious by pity; under certain circumstances it may lead to a total sacrifice of life and living energy—a loss out of all proportion to the magnitude of the cause (—the case of the death of the Nazarene).

怜悯使苦难具有传染性；在某些情况下，它可能导致生命和活力的完全牺牲——与原因的严重程度不成比例的损失（——拿撒勒人之死的案例）。

In this way a man gathers a domain in his neighbors' hope and fear as well as gratitude; and power, when once it has got into that subtle region, propagates itself, spreading out of all proportion to its external means.

通过这种方式，一个人在邻居的希望、恐惧和感激之情中聚集了一片领地；而权力，一旦进入那个微妙的区域，就会自我传播，与它的外在手段不成比例地传播开来。