| 单词 | to make comparison of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make comparison of 1. The action, or an act, of comparing, likening, or representing as similar: see compare v.1 1 †to make comparison of: to compare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > representing as similar comparison1340 likeningc1390 comparing1489 equiparation1623 analogy1645 assimilating1781 admeasurement1819 assimilation1855 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8890 Þe bryght cete of heven..Of whilk may na comparyson be made Tille na cete þat on erth may stand. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 122 Prol. Of swiche swetenesse..That for to speke of gomme or herb or tree Comparison may noon ymaked be. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiii. 108 Ne nan oþer may be made comparisoun off till hem. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii The comparyson of them two may be made in .iiij. thynges. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 255 A comparison betweene waxe..and the witt of man. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 4 There is scarce any Ground for Comparison between Society and the mere material Body. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvi. 236 Good King David, or..our valiant Sir William Wallace,—not that I bring myself into comparison with either. View more context for this quotation 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 20 The comparison of philosophy to a yelping she-dog. < as lemmas |
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