The basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
分不清这个定语从句中which, bear和to the whole number的结构。
理解这个定语从句和先行词的关系,难点在于对短语bear proportion to的理解,该短语表示“成比例”,所以which也就是指代the proportion,即the number ... bears the proportion to the whole number...。
句子主要意思是“按照这类成年男性数量与总数的比例来降低”。
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