| 单词 | compare |
| 释义 | compare —compare /kəmˈpeər/ aep /-per/ noun LITERARY beyond compare► F0 so good that everyone or everything else is of worse quality: » Her beauty is beyond compare.Thesaurus+: ↑Extremely goodverb [T] (CONSIDER SIMILARITIES) ↑Verb Endings for compare F0 to judge, suggest, or consider that something is similar or of equal quality to something else: » The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade.» Still only 25, she has been compared to the greatest dancer of all time.» People compared her to Elizabeth Taylor.» You can't compare the two cities - they're totally different.Thesaurus+: ↑Comparing and contrastingdoes not compareF0 If something or someone does not compare with something or someone else, the second thing is very much better than the first: » Instant coffee just doesn't compare with freshly ground coffee.Thesaurus+: ↑Worse and worstcompare favourablyF0 If something compares favourably with something else, it is better than it: » The hotel certainly compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year.Thesaurus+: ↑Surpassing in quality or numberCommon mistake: compared with/to! Remember: 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 mine.verb [T] (EXAMINE DIFFERENCES) ↑Verb Endings for compare ► B1 to examine or look for the difference between two or more things: » If you compare house prices in the two areas, it's quite amazing how different they are.» That seems expensive - have you compared prices in other shops?» Compare some recent work with your older stuff and you'll see how much you've improved.» This road is quite busy compared to/with ours.» Children seem to learn more interesting things compared to/with when we were at school.Thesaurus+: ↑Comparing and contrastingWord Builder:–Nouns: comparison–Adjectives: comparative, comparable, incomparable–Verbs: compare–Adverbs: comparatively• • • Extra Examples:» If you compare the two books side by side, it is clear that the author of the second has plagiarized (from the first).» The number of people who applied for the course was 120 compared with an initial estimate of between 50 and 100.» I thought myself very sophisticated compared with my relatives in the country.» This matter really isn't very important if you compare it to the other problems we've got to deal with.» The judges compared all the cakes in the cake competition for taste, texture, colour and general appearance.Common mistake: compared with/to! Remember: 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 mine. |
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