in inverse proportion to... 成反比地
The amount of money people save increases in inverse proportion to the amount they spend.
人们省下的钱和他们花出的钱呈反比上升。
反义:in proportion to... 成正比地
The amount of energy consumed in this factory is in proportion to its number of products.
这家工厂消耗的能源和它生产的产品数量成正比。