单词 | comparable |
释义 | comparableadj. 1. Able to be compared, capable of comparison (with). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adjective] > capable of comparison comparable1413 comparative1632 consortablea1639 commensurable1654 collatablea1834 assimilable1849 equatable1893 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. lviii. 56 Bytwene the and me this maner of lykenes is not comparable. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 495 b Many..in all respectes comparable with you. a1610 J. Healey in tr. Theophrastus Characters To Rdr., in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) The French is..yet in no degree comparable with the learned languages. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic iv. 64 The Marks..by means of which it is comparable..with other things. 1881 Lockyer in Nature No. 614. 324 In this way we insure a considerable number of absolutely comparable observations. 2. Worthy of comparison; proper, or fit to be compared; to be compared (to). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adjective] > worthy of comparison comparable1483 comparative1632 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 388/1 None comparable to hyr in wytte and wysdom. ?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. f.v Thou shalt no pleasure comparable finde To thinward gladnes of a vertuouse mynde. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues: Two Last Dial. 480 No Tradition can be of any comparable Authority to this. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 May (1965) I. 359 Some other Mosques..not comparable in point of Magnificence to this. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. 301 This Holy Being has no comparable antagonist. Derivatives ˈcomparableness n. ΚΠ 1731 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. ; whence in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.1413 |
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