Compare
[kəm'peə] or [kəm'pɛr]
解释:
(verb.) examine and note the similarities or differences of; 'John compared his haircut to his friend's'; 'We compared notes after we had both seen the movie'.
(verb.) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; 'We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans'; 'You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed'.
(verb.) to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb.
(verb.) be comparable; 'This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes'.
唐尼手打--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
(v. t.) To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.
(v. t.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.
(v. i.) To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.
(v. i.) To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.
(n.) Comparison.
(n.) Illustration by comparison; simile.
(v. t.) To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire
整理:罗伯塔
同义词及近义词：
v. a. [1]. Collate (followed by with), bring into comparison, estimate relatively.[2]. Liken (followed by to) show the resemblance of.
v. n. Bear a comparison, admit of comparison.
n. [Poetical.] Comparison.
格罗夫斯整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Assimilate, collate, parallel
ANT:Contrast, oppose, dissociate, disconnect, pit, distinguish
手打:玛里琳
解释:
v.t. (Spens.) to get or provide.
v.t. to set things together to ascertain how far they agree or disagree: to liken or represent as similar: (gram.) to inflect an adjective.—v.i. to hold comparison.—n. (obs.) comparison: similitude.—adj. Com′parable that may be compared.—n. Com′parableness.—adv. Com′parably.—adj. Compar′ative pertaining to comparison: estimated by comparing with something else: not positive or absolute: (gram.) expressing more.—adv. Compar′atively.—n. Compar′ison the act of comparing: capacity of being compared: comparative estimate: a simile or figure by which two things are compared: (gram.) the inflection of an adjective.—Beyond compare without any rival.
手打:斯蒂芬
例句:
- You would compare them, I said, to those invalids who, having no self-restraint, will not leave off their habits of intemperance? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- But shall we compare Saracens to Christians? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- This led him to review the existing state of affairs (1780) and to compare it with the state of affairs during the decline of imperial Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Compare them with Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- How one person's abilities compare in quantity with those of another is none of the teacher's business. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- We may compare our different opinions. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- There is nothing in Latin to compare with the early descriptions of India and Siberia that are to be found in Chinese. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Compared with the vast gilded void of Mrs. Hatch's existence, the life of Lily's former friends seemed packed with ordered activities. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- To be man was as nothing compared to the possibilities of the creative mystery. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- When rotating at the rate of 788 revolutions in a minute, and lifting the water 19·4 feet, the greatest practical effect, compared with the power employed, was attained. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- For then you are dealing with living ideas: to search his text has its uses, but compared with the actual tradition of Marx it is the work of pedantry. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The motion, compared with that of an ordinary land engine, was thus inverted. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Notwithstanding the late hour, he turns over to the next page and goes on to write his deductions from this result as compared with those previously obtained. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But in the seaport and markets mingled men of every known race, comparing their religious ideas and customs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It's like his writing, faltered Meg, comparing it with the note in her hand. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Then comparing our original city, which was under a king, and the city which is under a tyrant, how do they stand as to virtue? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- In comparing, too, the poor man's situation with that of the great, there is (always according to Mr. Eaves) another source of comfort for the former. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The idea of comparing the market at Bruges with those of Dublin, although she had suggested it herself, caused immense scorn and derision on her part. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- There was a great comparing of papers, and turning over of leaves, by Fogg and Perker, after this statement of profit and loss. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- This constituted the completed invention of the telegraph, and on comparing the work of Profs. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- He compares himself to a smith forced to begin at the beginning by fashioning tools with which to work. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Mr Mun compares this operation of foreign trade to the seed-time and harvest of agriculture. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Mr. Bucket compares the faces with one eye shut up, while Mr. Bagnet smokes in stolid satisfaction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- These he compares with Mr Wegg's leg; that gentleman looking on, as if he were being measured for a riding-boot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The man who compares grey with black, calls grey white; and the man who compares absence of pain with pain, calls the absence of pain pleasure. 柏拉图. 理想国.
编辑:帕特里克