单词 | compare |
释义 | compare UK [kəm'peər] US [-per] verb transitive EXAMINE DIFFERENCES 查找差异 ESSENTIAL ■to examine or look for the difference between two or more things 对比,对照,比较 •If you compare house prices in the two areas, it's quite amazing how different they are.如果比较一下两个地段的房价,你会惊讶地发现两者差别竟如此之大。 •That seems expensive - have you compared prices in other shops?那好像很贵——你有没有比较一下其他店里的价格? •Compare some recent work with •This road is quite busy compared to/with •Children seem to learn more interesting things compared to/with UK [kəm'peər] US [-per] verb transitive CONSIDER SIMILARITIES 考虑相似之处 ■to judge, suggest or consider that something is similar or of equal quality to something else 将…比作;拿…与…相比;认为…和…相似(或不相上下) •The poet compares his lover's tongue to •Still only twenty-five, she has been compared to •People have compared me to •You can't compare the two cities - they're totally different.你不能把这两座城市相提并论——它们完全不同。 does not compare ■If something or someone does not compare with something or someone else, the second thing is very much better than the first 不能相比,比不上 •Instant coffee just doesn't compare with compare favourably ■If something compares favourably with something else, it is better than it 比起来要好,比得过 •The hotel certainly compared favourably with UK [kəm'peər] US [-per] verb transitive compare notes ■If two people compare notes, they tell each other what they think about something they have both done 交换看法,交流意见 •We'd both been out with the same man at different points in our lives so it was interesting to compare notes.我俩在人生的不同时期和同一个男人约会过,所以交流一下看法很有意思。 UK [kəm'peər] US [-per] verb transitive Common Learner Errors compared with/toRemember: to describe the differences or similarities between two or more things, use 'compare' in the past tense.Don't say 'compare with/to', or 'comparing with/to', say compared with/to. ✗ Her garden is big comparing to mine.Her garden is big compared to mind. UK [kəm'peər] US [-per] noun literary beyond compare ■so good that everyone or everything else is of worse quality 无与伦比;无可比拟;举世无双 •Her beauty is beyond compare.她的美丽无与伦比。 |
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