compare, comparison,

compare to


compare with
in comparison with

compare /kəmˈpeə(r)/ DJ /-ˈper/ DJ US /kəm'pɛr/ KK US


verb

1.to examine people or things to see how they are similar and how they are different 比較；對比 VN ~ A and B ~ A with/to B

It is interesting to compare their situation and ours. 把他們的狀況與我們的相比很有意思。

We compared the two reports carefully. 我們仔細地比較了兩個報告。

We carefully compared the first report with the second. 我們仔細比較了第一份報告和第二份報告。

My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's. 與別人的問題相比，我自己的問題算不得什麼。

Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago. 與 40 年前相比，衞生保健的水平得到了極大提高。

2.to be similar to somebody/something else, either better or worse 與…類似（或相似） V ~ with/to sb/sth

This school compares with the best in the country(= it is as good as them). 這所學校可與全國最好的學校媲美。

This house doesn't compare with our previous one(= it is not as good). 這房子比不上我們以前的。

I've had some difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours(= they were not nearly as bad as yours). 我遇到了一些困難，但與你的困難比起來就算不上什麼了。

Their prices compare favourably with those of their competitors. 他們的價格比競爭者的要優惠。

3.to show or state that somebody/something is similar to somebody/something else 表明…與…相似；將…比作 VN ~ A to B

The critics compared his work to that of Martin Amis. 評論家把他的作品和馬丁 埃米斯的相提並論。

Idiom: compare notes (with somebody)

1.if two or more people compare notes, they each say what they think about the same event, situation, etc. （與…）交換看法（或意見等）

noun

Idiom: beyond/without compare literary

1.better than anything else of the same kind 無與倫比；舉世無雙

a diamond beyond compare 獨一無二的一顆鑽石

英文字典

com·pare

1.Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between

2.Point out the resemblances to; liken to

3.Draw an analogy between one thing and (another) for the purposes of explanation or clarification

相關詞組


beyond compare

無與倫比

compare to

把...比作

compare notes

1. 對筆記 2. 交換意見

compare with

與...相比

compare notes (with somebody)

（與…）交換看法（或意見等）

beyond/without compare

無與倫比；舉世無雙

without compare

無與倫比
 
同義字


verb: liken, collate, contrast, parallel, confront

noun: comparison, simile, similitude, parallel

comparison /kəmˈpærɪsn/ DJ /kəm'pærəsṇ/ KK


noun

1.the process of comparing two or more people or things 比較 uncountable ~ (with sb/sth)

Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting. 與其他石油生產國作一比較是很有意思的。

I enclose the two plans for comparison. 茲附上兩份計劃以供比較。

The education system bears/stands no comparison with that in many Eastern European countries(= it is not as good). 這種教育制度比不上許多東歐國家的教育制度。

2.an occasion when two or more people or things are compared 對比；相比 countable ~ (of A and/to/with B) ~ (between A and B)

a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France 英國和法國鐵路系統的比較

comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe 英國與歐洲其他國家之間的比較

a comparison of men's salaries with those of women 男女工資的比較

It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book─they are completely different. 這很難與她以前的書相比 兩者是截然不同的。

You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland(= say how the two situations are similar). 這種情形可與愛爾蘭的相比。

a comparison of the brain to a computer(= showing similarities) 將大腦比作計算機

Idiom: by comparison written

1.used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with something in the previous sentence （尤用於句首）比較起來，較之

By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year. 相比之下，去年教育經費增加了。

Idiom: by/in comparison (with somebody/something)

1.when compared with somebody/something （與…）相比較

The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. 與上半場相比，比賽的下半場有些沉悶。

The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers. 倫敦最高的建築物與紐約的摩天大廈一比就相形見絀。

Idiom: there's no comparison

1.used to emphasize the difference between two people or things that are being compared （強調比較之下的差別）無法相比，根本不能相提並論

In terms of price there's no comparison(= one thing is much more expensive than the other). 在價格方面無法相比。

See also: pale in/by comparison

英文字典

com·par·i·son

1.The act or instance of comparing

2.An analogy

3.The quality of being similar or equivalent
 
there's no comparison


（強調比較之下的差別）無法相比，根本不能相提並論

by/in comparison (with somebody/something)

（與…）相比較

by comparison

（尤用於句首）比較起來，較之

pale beside/next to something, pale in/by comparison (with/to something), pale into insignificance

相形見絀；顯得遜色

in comparison with

與...相比

stand comparison with

比得上

without comparison

無與倫比

同義字

noun: simile, similitude, collation, compare, parallel, analogy