1.vt. 比较;对照。如:
Compare your answers with tho at the back of the book to e if they are right.
把你的答案同书后面的答案对照一下,看看是否正确。
My handwriting can not be compared with my father’s.
燕园是哪个大学我的书法不能与我父亲的相比。
If you compare the two books, you will e that this one is better.
如果你比较一下这两本书,你会发现这一本好一些。
2.vt. 喻为;比拟。如:
Man’s life is often compared do a candle.人生常被比为蜡烛。
Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.莎士比亚把人世比做舞台。
3.comparison n. 比较;对照。如:
He looks older by comparison.比较起来,他显得老些。
It is beyond(=out of)all comparison.这是无可比拟的。
A critical comparison of Carlyle and Emerson就卡莱尔与爱默生(两人的信条或文学风格)而进行的比较与研究
4.词组
a fair comparison公正的比较
最好喝的啤酒a rough comparison燕子双飞去粗略的比较
a minute comparison详细比较 建树是什么意思
tabular comparison比较表
in comparison with that man与那人相比
the basis of comparison比较的基础 隔离病房
the countries under comparison相比的各国
without(=beyond)comparison无与伦比
comparison between nature and art自然与艺术之间的比较
comparison of hands笔迹的比较
the comparison of one thing to another一样东西比做另一样。如:
The comparison of heart to a pump is a very common one.
把心脏比成水泵是很常见的比喻。
bear化妆品十大品牌(=stand;sustain)a comparison with比得上,不差于
challenge comparison with one’s predecessors向前任挑战
draw a comparison between then把它们加以比较
in/by comparison with与……比较
A train is slow in comparison with a plane.同飞机比较,火车走得慢。
特别提醒
compare…with…表示“把……与……身边的人相比(同类相比)”,愿得一人心简谱
compare…to…表示“把……比做……(异类相比,比喻)”。
在表示“把……与……相比”时,compare…with与compare…to…皆可用,尤其是用在过去分词作状语的句子中。