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单词 comparison
释义
comparisoncom‧pa‧ri‧son /kəmˈpærəsən/ ●●○ W2 noun Entry menu
MENU FOR comparisoncomparison1 comparing2 judgment3 be like something4 there’s no comparison5 grammar
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Between treatment comparisons were made using signed rank tests and correlations were sought using Spearman's rank correlation test.
  • From Augustus to Peter the Great, the history books were ransacked to find suitable comparisons.
  • Manometric studies in patients with Barrett's oesophagus are few and the comparison with patients with gastrooesophageal reflux are less frequent.
  • The point of making these comparisons is that artistic practices affect how a critic should describe a landscape.
  • The Warriors' point guards seem more like foot soldiers in comparison.
  • These comparisons form the basis for the determination of prevalence estimates for anemia, growth retardation, or overweight.
  • This is an attempt to distance themselves from comparisons with those doing research in brain modeling.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorvery much better than someone or something
informal to be clearly doing very much better at something than someone else: · Winger's stands head and shoulders above every other restaurant in town.· Kander and Ebb are head and shoulders above the others writing for the musical theater these days.
spoken use this to emphasize that one person or thing is clearly much better than someone or something else: · "Which apartment do you prefer?'' "Well, there's no comparison. The first one we saw is bigger, quieter, and has much nicer furniture.''
British to be so much better than others that their achievements are made to seem ordinary: · Coca Cola's prize-winning advertising campaign has put all others in the shade.· The generous response of the public to the disaster puts the government's contribution somewhat in the shade.
written to be so much better than someone or something else that they are made to seem unimportant and not worth paying any attention to: · Channel 5's tremendous line-up of TV programmes has eclipsed its competitors' best efforts.· Eclipsed by the US champion at last year's Olympic Games, Schofield has decided to retire.
if someone is in a different league , they are so much better and more skilful than someone who does similar work that it would be stupid even to compare them: · You can't possibly compare Thomas Hardy and Wilkie Collins - Hardy is in a different league.
to be so much better than someone else that they feel slightly embarrassed by their own lack of skill or quality: · The elegant way she was dressed put the rest of us to shame.· Acapulco is a cosmopolitan city with a nightlife that puts Rio to shame.
informal to perform with much greater skill than someone else in a competitive activity such as a sport or an argument: run rings around somebody: · It's no use arguing with Sophie -- she can run rings around anyone who disagrees with her.· Tottenham Hotspur are running rings around Arsenal in the most exciting cup final in years.
British informal to be very much better than something of the same type or than someone you are competing with: be streets ahead of: · The script is original and funny, streets ahead of any other situation comedy.· We don't need to worry about this year's sales figures -- they're streets ahead of the competition.
British to be so much better at something than other people that they cannot possibly compete successfully with you: · It seems that in this campaign the Labour candidate has left the opposition standing.· Julie's an excellent typist -- her speed and accuracy leave the rest of us standing.
when one thing is being compared with another
· The British are good drivers compared to those in the rest of the EU.· Statistics show that there has been a 20% reduction in burglary compared with last year.· Women visit their doctors six times a year compared to the three or so visits that men make.
as shown when compared with another situation, idea, person etc: · My car is so slow that it makes a bicycle look fast in comparison.in comparison/by comparison with: · We employ far fewer staff in comparison with similar-sized companies.pale in/by comparison (=to look worse or much less important in comparison): · Forecasters say this year's drought could make that of 1991 pale by comparison.· The Yankees' problems pale by comparison with those of the Dodgers.
use this to talk about the difference between the things, situations, people etc that you are comparing: · I read a lot as a child, but my daughter, by contrast, just seems interested in television.in contrast to: · In contrast to the hot days, the nights are bitterly cold.
use this to say that something seems more or less impressive, important etc when compared to something else: · Tom's efforts seemed so weak beside Martin's.· Delhi is so old that many European cities actually look young beside it.
use this when you are comparing two pieces of information, facts, etc in order to show how they are different: · Last year there were 443 industrial accidents as against 257 in 1985.· With only 57 inhabitants per square mile, as against a world average of over 70, the country is far from overcrowded.
use this to say that something does not seem correct, suitable, impressive etc compared with the things that surround it: · Ricky's head is small in proportion to the rest of his body.· I've always thought that my problems were very minor in proportion to those of many other people.
having a particular quality when compared with something else: · Kim lived a life of relative ease and privilege.relative strength/weakness: · the relative strength of the dollar against the Mexican pesorelative advantages (and disadvantages): · She was terrified of flying. The relative advantages of air travel didn't tempt her at all.relative merits (=what is good about them compared with each other): · The two men stood at the bar discussing the relative merits of various sports cars.it is all relative (=it can not be judged on its own, but must be compared with others): · It's all relative, isn't it? Someone who is poor in this country might be considered well off in another.
: comparative happiness/comfort/safety etc happiness, comfort, safety etc that is fairly satisfactory when compared to another: · After a lifetime of poverty, his last few years were spent in comparative comfort.· Fresh fruit and vegetables have become a comparative rarity in the region.· During the bombings, families sheltered in the comparative safety of the underground rail stations.
: more/less/bigger etc than · Geographically, Canada is bigger than the US.· My sister earns a lot more than I do.
to compare things
to think about two or more things or people, in order to see how similar or different they are: · You should compare at least three or four computers before buying one.compare something/somebody with: · I hate the way you always compare me with your ex-boyfriend.· If you compare rents in London with those in New York, you'll find they are about the same.· You can't compare Charlie Parker with John Coltrane. They were completely different musicians.
to describe someone or something as being similar to someone or something else, especially in order to make it easier to understand: liken somebody/something to: · Critics have likened the new city hall building to a barn.· Morris has often been likened to Bobby Kennedy.· He likened today's stockmarket to that of the 1920s.
to compare two or more situations or ideas, people etc: make a comparison between: · The article makes a comparison between the novels 'Anna Karenina' and 'Madame Bovary'.
to compare two similar situations or ideas in order to explain or prove something about one of them: draw an analogy between: · He drew an analogy between mathematics and language.· Joe drew an analogy between the Soviet Union of 1946 and Germany of 1938.
to compare two different situations in order to show that they are similar in some ways: draw a parallel between/with: · One could draw a parallel between the professions of acting and politics.· He was drawing parallels between events leading up to the last war and current political problems.· You could draw parallels with the old Samson and Delilah story.
to compare two things, situations, ideas etc in order to show how they are different from each other: · The guide was contrasting the styles of Monet and Manet.contrast with: · In the film, the peaceful life of a monk is contrasted with the violent life of a murderer.· It is interesting to contrast life in Spain now with what it was like prior to 1975.compare and contrast (=show the similarities and differences): · The book compares and contrasts the various methods used in language teaching.
WORD SETS
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Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2verbs
(=compare people or things)· Using the Internet is an easy way to make comparisons between prices.
(=say in what way people or things are similar)· People have drawn comparisons between this movie and those of Quentin Tarantino.
· The test can be used to provide a comparison of a child's language development with that of other children.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + comparison
· You can’t really make a direct comparison between the the two schools.
· The exhibition provides an interesting comparison of the artists’ works.
(=a reasonable one, based on sensible information)· There is not enough data for a valid comparison to be made.
· A fair comparison between the two firms is extremely difficult.
(=in which one thing or person is judged to be better/worse than another)· My family was always making unfavourable comparisons between me and my older brother.
· Students had to write a detailed comparison of the two texts.
· A price comparison shopping site was launched last month.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Her feelings for Simon seemed trivial by comparison.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· It is hard to make a direct comparison, for relative prices have changed.· I have yet to get my hands on a 200-megahertz Pentium-based computer to do a direct comparison.· Well stirred by seals, Amos Lake was too murky for direct productivity comparisons with the other lakes.· The profitability index allows a direct comparison between the projects in terms of the present value of benefit per unit cost.· In questions 3 and 7 it is essential that making and buying prices are on a basis allowing direct comparison.· But for a direct comparison of clocks to be made, the traveler must return.· The result of this is that a direct comparison with the other regional data is not possible.· In helping to answer this question two direct comparisons are available.
· Making international comparisons Great care should be taken in using real output percapita figures to compare different countries' standards of living.· The survey attempted to answer critics who have dismissed international comparisons as invalid because of differences in cultural expectations about health care.· Consider the problems involved in using national income statistics to make international comparisons of living standards. 4.· Although teachers flinch at such international comparisons, most of them are surprisingly enthusiastic about the national curriculum.· This is inaccurate, and unjustified by any international comparison.· The system of social security which varies widely from country to country is another important influence when international comparisons are made.· Mr. Mellor My hon. Friend is absolutely right, but the international comparisons are even more telling.· League tables of international comparison are one measure by which the Government's education record can be judged.
NOUN
· A similar-aged comparison group of women was found who had also participated in a previous study.· Experimental mortality-the differential loss of respondents from comparison groups.· Records of patients with multiple sclerosis were selected as a neurological comparison group.· Selection-biases resulting from differential recruitment of comparison groups, producing different mean levels of the measures of effects.· Records of previous admission for peptic ulcer were sought for people in the case and the comparison groups.· Self-Selection Another problem in selecting a comparison group is self-selection.· The three datasets each included a case group of children at risk, and an appropriate comparison group.· If a comparison group were to be used, the sample would have to be selected very carefully. 8.
VERB
· This qualified chimera image will allow our comparison of Presocratic reasoning with scientific reasoning to be more precise.· The profitability index allows a direct comparison between the projects in terms of the present value of benefit per unit cost.· In questions 3 and 7 it is essential that making and buying prices are on a basis allowing direct comparison.· They were designed to allow some comparison of the films in terms of the type and amount of information actually present.· We await the development of scoring systems that meet these criteria and allow comparisons of hospital units.· Assessing standards and comparing outcomes are important in medical practice and allow comparison of different units and appropriate allocation of resources.· These were then calculated as percentages to allow direct comparisons.· This design allows the comparison of the behaviour of the two regions under identical experimental conditions.
· You have to present a case based upon comparison with similar properties in the same area.· Other studies will be based on detailed comparisons of returns for the Censuses of Production for each country.· They are also primarily based on comparisons between the specialist and generic teams.· This means that models of councillor-officer relationships based on comparisons between ministers and civil servants are likely to be misleading.· However, this conclusion was based solely on a comparison of income support levels with supplementary benefit rates.· Another alignment, based on sequence comparison is also completely different from the one shown here.
· The efforts with pigeons and parrots bear only shadowy comparison.· The final will be a repeat of last year, although Devon will be hoping it does not bear an exact comparison.· The position bears comparison with the development of geometrical reasoning by Euclid.· He came to realize that traditional accounts of science, whether inductivist or falsificationist, do not bear comparison with historical evidence.· Another site which bears comparison with Chedworth is Nettleton Scrubb in Wiltshire.· The discounting and assimilation processes bear little comparison to descriptions made in any of the content areas.
· Three years ago there was hardly a young black cinema at all, now critics are drawing comparisons as if bored with the idea.· More recently, even liberal commentators have begun drawing comparisons between Clinton and Nixon.· It is also clear that it is difficult to draw comparisons between the Western Isles and the developing countries.· What then are the main conclusions about comparative politics that can be drawn from this cursory comparison to natural science?· Not surprisingly therefore, he drew comparisons between the problems faced by the University and those confronting his own establishment.· It should be possible to draw international comparisons.· Table 3.4 draws some comparisons between their liabilities.
· These are included for comparison as they were not tested for precise position-independent and copy-number dependent expression.· This has included a comparison with the practice of our partners and allies.· A histological normal control material was included for comparison.· A correction for this effect has already been included in the comparison made in Fig. 8.5.· They may be expressed in terms of overall expenditure and cost per item and include comparisons with historic expenditure and budget expectations.· The directories should also be purged, otherwise out of date files will be included in the comparison.
· And instead of heading off into uncharted waters, Shyamalan has positively invited comparisons with his previous opus.· No other sport invites such comparisons.· The lightness and wit of Brooke-Rose's novels do, however, invite comparison with those of Muriel Spark.· Perhaps movie marketers should have been more careful about inviting comparisons.· This would seem to invite an invidious comparison between white youth who are unemployed and their more successful black peers.· The movie invites comparison to numerous secular films and, more often than not, it suffers from the resulting deja vu.
· It often involves the comparison of observed effects with expectations or intentions.· In effect, they involve a comparison of the general equilibrium of the economy with and without the government budget.· Talk might involve ideas of comparison of shape, size, colour or weight.· Its use subsequently spread to other public sector analyses involving a comparison of costs and benefits over time.· An interpretation of a provision of Community law thus involves a comparison of the different language versions.· The discussion which follows may involve comparison and the use of various mathematical ideas.· There will also be a number of analytic papers, some involving international comparisons.· It may also involve comparison with other professions and other occupations and not just with rewards within the organisation.
· Any one student may take modules from a number of subject areas and will make comparisons of workloads and standards.· The overall profile of Clio customers during 1992 makes an interesting comparison to the average for the supermini sector.· He would instead become stuck making endless comparisons and contrasts, often making no decision at all or a purely random one.· This very often happens in planning because some departments makes them vague in comparison.· Even if you fall in love with the first one you see, it's important to be able to make comparisons.· The Ego loves making comparisons - and this can be useful.· But this may also attract criticism from parents if they make their own comparisons about trends and innovations.
· Everything pales in comparison to a creation of this awesome magnitude.· But that pales in comparison to what he brings to this city.· The two disputes he mentioned pale in comparison with others looming on the horizon.· They also prevail in an era where travel abuses pale in comparison to those of earlier years.· Online shopping pales somewhat in comparison, which was the point of Larry Elliott's article.· But the nine goals paled in comparison to the 16-plus average the stars have produced over the past seven games.· Still, encouraging as such capital outlays are, they pale in comparison with Western investment in neighboring countries.
· Table 8. 7 provides a comparison of two typical processing options.· The generally optimistic tenor of this debate provides a revealing comparison with those public views examined for the earlier period.· Plastic tubing of different sizes provide opportunities for comparisons.· Their employers will also be interviewed, and other farms will be surveyed soas to provide a point of comparison.· Such products are often of excellent educational design, but they do not provide comparisons between competing systems or databases.· Management development opportunities through shadowing managerial roles and processes provide a contrast and comparison for reflection on the management of education.
· Oh, how puny my contemporaries seem by comparison!· Mount Rushmore would have seemed a bagatelle by comparison.· The brilliant colours make even the glossiest illustration seem dull by comparison.· The second version seems naked by comparison.· The Agip Motel, it was called; the Speke seemed quite luxurious by comparison.· They are the deadliest weapons of all, so that now the gun seems almost innocent by comparison.· Her own visit to the cinema with an inarticulate young man from the West of Ireland seemed very dull by comparison.
· Our commitment to quality and to professionalism will ensure that this prototype database will stand comparison by international standards.· It would stand comparison even with that special day.· Rory was just another one, he'd not stand the comparison either, Parr was the real thing.· Both Lemper and Stratas have recorded it, but Réaux stands comparison well.· It certainly stands out by comparison with Psychology in and People.
· There are three notable studies that use this method of comparison.· However, before we look at specific implementation schemes, we want to introduce a few terms to use in making comparisons.· Decision makers should satisfy themselves that current practice is itself worth having before using it as a comparison for a new treatment.· Psychometric methods have also been used in comparisons of two or more methods of library instruction.· Performance measures are usually most helpful when used for comparisons: for example, between units performing similar tasks, or over time.· Linear regression was used for comparison with different variables.· Part 4 contains a list of the reference data sets and reference results used for the comparisons made throughout the book.· It is widely assumed that these scoring systems can be used for comparisons.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • "Which apartment do you prefer?'' "Well, there's no comparison. The first one we saw is bigger, quieter, and has much nicer furniture.''
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Here Locke draws a parallel between modes such as triangles, and substances such as gold and the Strasburg clock.
  • I drew a parallel between the grinding plates and the grinding, unresolved pressures underlying this election year.
  • I will start by drawing a distinction between what I will call social science history and hermeneutic history.
  • It is also clear that it is difficult to draw comparisons between the Western Isles and the developing countries.
  • It is now commonplace to draw a distinction between care in and care by the community.
  • John Mortimer made the presentation speech, drawing parallels between Dickens and Dostoevsky.
  • Why draw a distinction between the adopted and the biological child?
  • But even these concerns pale by comparison with the fears that people have about traffic safety.
  • But that pales in comparison to what he brings to this city.
  • But the nine goals paled in comparison to the 16-plus average the stars have produced over the past seven games.
  • Everything pales in comparison to a creation of this awesome magnitude.
  • The number fired and to be fired at Burlington Northern pales in comparison with the number to be let go at AT.
  • The two disputes he mentioned pale in comparison with others looming on the horizon.
  • They also prevail in an era where travel abuses pale in comparison to those of earlier years.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnouncomparisoncomparabilitythe comparativeadjectivecomparable ≠ incomparablecomparativeadverbcomparativelycomparablyverbcompare
1comparing [uncountable] the process of comparing two or more people or things → compare, comparativecomparison with Comparison with his previous movies shows how Lee has developed as a director.in comparison (with/to something) In comparison to other recent video games, this one isn’t very exciting. He was a loud friendly man. In comparison, his brother was rather shy.by comparison (with something) By comparison with other European countries, car prices in the UK are very high. After months of living in a tropical climate, Spain seemed cool by comparison.for comparison (with something) These figures are provided for comparison with the results of previous studies. He showed us the original text for comparison. Her paintings invite comparison with those of the early Impressionists (=they remind you of them).stand/bear comparison (=is as good as someone or something else) Irving’s work bears comparison with the best of the modern novelists.on comparison British English (=after you have compared two things to see if they are similar or different) On comparison, the Renault was the more reliable of the two cars.2judgment [countable] a statement or examination of how similar or different two people or things arecomparison of a comparison of pollution levels in Chicago and Detroitcomparison between The article makes a comparison between the two poems.RegisterIn written English, people often use draw a comparison rather than make a comparison, as it sounds more formal:· The writer draws a comparison between the 1950s and the present day.3be like something [countable] a statement that someone or something is like someone or something else(make/draw) a comparison between somebody/something (=show the similarities between two people or things) The writer draws comparisons between the two presidents. You can’t make a comparison between American and Japanese schools – they’re too different.4there’s no comparison spoken used when you think that someone or something is much better than someone or something elsecomparison between There’s just no comparison between canned vegetables and fresh ones.5grammar [uncountable] a word used in grammar meaning the way an adverb or adjective changes its form to show whether it is comparative or superlativeCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbsmake a comparison (=compare people or things)· Using the Internet is an easy way to make comparisons between prices.draw a comparison (=say in what way people or things are similar)· People have drawn comparisons between this movie and those of Quentin Tarantino.provide a comparison· The test can be used to provide a comparison of a child's language development with that of other children.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + comparisona direct comparison· You can’t really make a direct comparison between the the two schools.an interesting comparison· The exhibition provides an interesting comparison of the artists’ works.a valid/useful/meaningful comparison (=a reasonable one, based on sensible information)· There is not enough data for a valid comparison to be made.a fair/unfair comparison· A fair comparison between the two firms is extremely difficult.a favourable/unfavourable comparison (=in which one thing or person is judged to be better/worse than another)· My family was always making unfavourable comparisons between me and my older brother.a detailed comparison· Students had to write a detailed comparison of the two texts.a price comparison· A price comparison shopping site was launched last month.
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