portion of the population

• 大部分居民

portion of the population的用法和样例：

例句

1. A large majority of the population in northern Nigeria is Muslim.
   尼日利亚北部的大部分居民都是穆斯林。
2. But, it must now be said, another portion of the community had latterly begun to take its own view of the relation betwixt Mr. Dimmesdale and the mysterious old physician.
   但是，我们现在必须说明的是，后来另外一部分居民开始对丁梅斯代尔先生和那神秘的老医生之间的关系持有异议了。