单词 | compare |
释义 | verbnoun🔑 com·pareBrE /kəmˈpeə(r)/ NAmE /kəmˈper/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they compare BrE /kəmˈpeə(r)/ NAmE /kəmˈper/ present simple - he / she / it compares BrE /kəmˈpeəz/ NAmE /kəmˈperz/ past simple compared BrE /kəmˈpeəd/ NAmE /kəmˈperd/ past participle compared BrE /kəmˈpeəd/ NAmE /kəmˈperd/ -ing form comparing BrE /kəmˈpeərɪŋ/ NAmE /kəmˈperɪŋ/ 🔑 (abbreviation cf. , cp. ) [T ]to examine people or things to see how they are similar and how they are different 比较;对比◆ ~A and B It is interesting to compare their situation and ours . 把他们的状况与我们的相比很有意思。◆ We compared the two reports carefully . 我们仔细地比较了两个报告。◆ ~A with /to B We carefully compared the first report with the second . 我们仔细比较了第一份报告和第二份报告。◆ My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's . 与别人的问题相比,我自己的问题算不得什么。◆ I've had some difficulties , but they were nothing compared to yours (= they were not nearly as bad as yours ). 我遇到了一些困难,但与你的困难比起来就算不上什么了。◆ Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago . 与 40 年前相比,卫生保健的水平得到了极大提高。contrastHighlighting differences突出差异/不同◆This survey highlights a number of differences in the way that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.这项民意测验凸显出英国十几岁的男孩和女孩在打发闲暇时间上的诸多不同。◆One of the main differences between the girls and the boys who took part in the research was the way in which they use the Internet.参与了这项研究的女生和男生之间的主要差异之一在于他们使用互联网的方式。◆Unlike the girls, who use the Internet mainly to keep in touch with friends, the boys questioned in this survey tend to use the Internet for playing computer games.女生使用互联网主要是和朋友联系,这一点和男生不同,参与调查的男生往往是使用互联网来玩电脑游戏。◆The girls differ from the boys in that they tend to spend more time keeping in touch with friends on the telephone or on social networking websites.与男生不同的是,女生往往花更多的时间通过电话或社交网站与朋友保持联系。◆Compared to the boys, the girls spend much more time chatting to friends on the telephone.与男生相比,女生花在与朋友电话聊天上的时间要多得多。◆On average the girls spend four hours a week chatting to friends on the phone. In contrast, very few of the boys spend more than five minutes a day talking to their friends in this way.女生平均每周花四个小时与朋友电话聊天。相比之下,很少有男生每天以这种方式与朋友聊天五分钟以上。◆The boys prefer competitive sports and computer games, whereas / while the girls seem to enjoy more cooperative activities, such as shopping with friends.男生更喜欢竞技性体育运动和电脑游戏,而女生似乎更喜欢合作性活动,比如与朋友一起购物。◆When the girls go shopping, they mainly buy clothes and cosmetics. The boys, on the other hand, tend to purchase computer games or gadgets.女生购物时主要买衣服和化妆品,而男生往往会买电脑游戏或小器具。 ➡ language bank atgenerally , illustrate , proportion , similarly , surprising 🔑 [I ]~with /to sb /sth to be similar to sb /sth else , either better or worse 与…类似(或相似)◆ This school compares with the best in the country (= it is as good as them ). 这所学校可与全国最好的学校媲美。◆ This house doesn't compare with our previous one (= it is not as good ). 这房子比不上我们以前的。◆ Their prices compare favourably to those of their competitors . 他们的价格比竞争者的要优惠。 🔑 [T ]~A to B to show or state that sb /sth is similar to sb /sth else 表明…与…相似;将…比作◆ The critics compared his work to that of Martin Amis . 评论家把他的作品和马丁 · 埃米斯的相提并论。 ● compare ˈnotes (with sb )if two or more people compare notes , they each say what they think about the same event , situation , etc .(与…)交换看法(或意见等)● you can't compare ˌapples and ˈoranges (NAmE ) it is impossible to say that one thing is better than another if the two are completely different (因两样事物完全不同)不具可比性,不能相提并论◆ They are both great but you can't compare apples and oranges . 他们两个都很不错,但是不可相提并论。🔑 com·pareBrE /kəmˈpeə(r)/ NAmE /kəmˈper/ noun ● beyond /without comˈpare (literary ) better than anything else of the same kind 无与伦比;举世无双 |
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