clothes,
cloth(s), clothing,
costume, dress,
garment
(1) clothes是“衣服”的总称，可指“上衣，裤子，衬衣”；该词无单数形式，“一套衣服”用a suit of clothes, “一件衣服”用an article/piece of clothes。
He never changes his clothes — his trours are filthy.
他从不换衣服，他的裤子很脏。
(2)cloth是用来制作衣服、窗帘等的材料，是不可数名词；但指用于清洁的抹布时，则是可数名词，如：a cloth(复数为cloths)。
What have you done with the dish-cloths?
你把洗碗抹布弄哪儿去了？
小家教(3)clothing是含有集合意味的衣服的总称，不但包括衣裤，而且包括帽、袜、手套之类，等于汉语的“衣物”；该词无单复数形式，“一件衣物”用an article/piece of clothing。
She usually spends half her income on clothing.她往往把收入的一半花在衣着上。
(4)costume指代表某一时期、某一国家、民族、职衔、职业等特点的服装或其式样时，为不可数名词；指具体的这种衣服时，为可数名词。
They were wearing their colorful national costumes,singing and dancing, to celebrate their festival.
他们穿着五颜六色的民族服装，唱着跳着，来庆祝自己的节日。
The actors were in Victorian policemen's costumes.
演员们穿着维多利亚时代的警服。
愤世嫉俗的意思(5)①dress指衣服，特别是社交场合的穿着，为不可数名词。
Boys do not care as much about dress as girls do.男孩子不像女孩子那样在乎穿着。
In this old play,the actors wear the dress of 100 years ago.
在这一古装戏中，演员们都穿着100年前式样的衣服。
②dress可指妇女、儿童所穿的衣衫，用作可数名词。
The girls had grown nearly big enough to wear their mother's dress.
这些女孩子已长大到能穿她们妈妈的衣服了。
(6) garment的意思也是“服装”，可指一件衣服的名称，是较斯文的说法。
A new garment should be washed carefully.
一件新衣要小心地洗。
Keep the receipt in ca you should wish to exchange this garment.
你把收据放好，以防你想去更换这件衣服。
compare to,
compare with,
equate to,equate
柠檬水解酒吗
with,liken to,
contrast with
(1) 1 compare to是“把……比作；说……像
……”。
The poet compared the world to a great stage.这位诗人把世界比作一个大舞台。
Shall I compare thee to a summer's ro?
我可否把你比作夏日的玫瑰？
2 compare to还可表示“(能)和··…·…相比”，compare用作不及物动词，这时也可用with。
Social life in a village cannot compare to/with that of a large city. But for peace and quiet,city life can't compare to/with life in the country.
一个村庄的社交生活无法与大城市的相比。但就祥和安静来说，城市生活却无法跟乡下生活比。
(2)1 compare with除表示“(能)和……相比”外，还表示“把……与……比较”，这时compare 用作及物动词。
少数民族风俗习惯You can compare your translation with the model translation on the blackboard.你们可以把自己的翻译与黑板上的标准译文比较一下。
②有时与favorably，unfavorably等副词连用，表示“与……比起来不错/不如”等意思。
They compared very favorably with other people's boys and girls.
他们跟别人家的孩子比起来毫不逊色。
She had always compared this place disadvantageously with England.
她总是拿这地方的缺点跟英国相比。
(3) equate to意为“把·……等同起来；使……相等；认为……(与·……)一样好”，也可用with,equate用作及物动词。
You can't equate life in the city to life in the country.
你不能把城市生活与乡下生活等同起来。
一知半解的近义词His poems cannot be equated with his plays.他的诗歌不像他的戏剧那样好。
It's foolish and unrealistic to equate money with happiness.
把金钱等同于幸福既是愚蠢的，也是不现实的。
(4)liken为及物动词，意为“把······比作；·……就像”，与to连用。
Jim was in many ways likened to Jack.吉姆在许多方面和杰克很像。
The youth is/are likened to the rising morning sun.
青年就像早晨初升的太阳。
(5) contrast with表示①“把······与······加以对比”，contrast用作及物动词；2“与……形成对照；与……相映衬”，contrast用作不及物动词。
Contrast the imported goods with the domestic products and you'll e the difference is very apparent.
把这些进口商品与国内产品加以对比，你会看出差别是很明显的。
The brilliant sunt contrasts with the gloomy woods.
灿烂的落日余晖与这幽暗的树林互相映衬。
This cold weather contrasts sharply/strongly with last week's heat.
这种寒冷的天气与上周的炎热形成鲜明对比。
This behavior of yours contrasts unfavorably with your stated principles.
你的这种行为与你所说的原则颇不一致。(比起来是有差距的)
compel,impel
(1)compel更强调迫使某人屈从、同意或做不愿做的事，意为“迫使，使不得不”。
1可接名词或名词加不定式。
耐心的的英文The failure of the experiment compelled us to adopt a wholly different method.这项实验的失败迫使我们采取完全不同的方法。
The rain compelled them to give up their plan to go climbing.
彩平图这场雨使他们不得不放弃爬山的计划。
2 compel常用于被动结构，表示“被迫，不得不，只好”。
健康检查制度His wife (being) in poor health, he had been compelled to give up much of his time to houwork.他妻子身体不好，他只好把许多时间用到家务上。
