| 单词 | comparative |
| 释义 | comparative (kəmpærətɪv ) Word forms: comparatives 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places. ...those who manage to reach the comparative safety of Fendel. The task was accomplished with comparative ease. Synonyms: relative, qualified, by comparison, approximate comparatively adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb] ...a comparatively small nation. ...children who find it comparatively easy to make and keep friends. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A comparative study is a study that involves the comparison of two or more things of the same kind. ...a comparative study of the dietary practices of people from various regions. ...a professor of English and comparative literature. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A2 In grammar, the comparative form of an adjective or adverb shows that something has more of a quality than something else has. For example, ' bigger' is the comparative form of 'big', and 'more quickly' is the comparative form of 'quickly'. Compare superlative. Comparative is also a noun. The comparative of 'pretty' is 'prettier'. [+ of] Collocations: comparative ease According to Egyptian law, presidential approval is required for any new church to be built but mosques tend to spring up with comparative ease. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It's clear that a relationship that fl owed with such comparative ease was new for her. Times, Sunday Times (2008) They will do this with comparative ease. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988) It did not provide comparative figures for the same quarter of last year. Times, Sunday Times This was against tough comparative figures and means that it has grown 20 per cent on like-for-like basis over the past three years. Times, Sunday Times The rise was flattered, however, by weak comparative figures last year, when snow disrupted trading. Times, Sunday Times But they will have to ask their teachers for the school's comparative figures. Times, Sunday Times The sales performance was also flattered by weak comparative figures for the same period last year, when the sportswear retailer had trouble getting stock. Times, Sunday Times Exponents look at canon law, natural law, and state law, often in comparative perspective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The human ethology module teaches students to interpret social phenomena from evolutionary and comparative perspective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both have been carried out from a comparative perspective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They should be also able to examine and analyze socio-historical processes in a comparative perspective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Comparative perspectives on multidimensional equality law. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The police cannot protect them from gangs, either; there is often no alternative to the comparative safety of gang life. Times, Sunday Times (2008) All was calm as we studied a pride of lions from the comparative safety of our Land Rover. Times, Sunday Times (2007) For many young people in inner cities, there is no alternative to the comparative safety of gang life. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Rarely have we enjoyed so long a period of comparative safety. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Is there a polymath out there who might tackle a comparative study of all three? Christianity Today (2000) Of course the Canadian case may be highly exceptional, but only further international comparative study will confirm or deny that it is representative. Television - policy and culture (1990) The comparative study of karyotypes shows chromosomal homologies among the four species. 2013, 'Chromosomal homology of Uraeotyphlus oxyurus group of species (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae)', Comparative Cytogenetics The results of a comparative study of the sense of humor of the preadult and mature age representatives are analysed. 2016, 'SENCE OF HUMOR AND THEMATIC PREFERNCES IN JOKES AT PREADULT AND MATURE AGE', RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics The effectiveness of several borates, i. e., colemanite, ulexite, hydroboracite, as well as sodium carbonate, was tested in a comparative study. 2012, 'Gres porcelánico esmaltado producido por vía seca: materias primas fundentes', Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio Translations: Chinese: 比较的 平静等 Japanese: 比較的 |
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