单词 | comparison |
释义 | 🔑 com·pari·sonBrE /kəmˈpærɪsn/ NAmE /kəmˈpærɪsn/ noun 🔑 [U ]~ (with sb /sth )the process of comparing two or more people or things 比较◆ Comparison with other oil -producing countries is extremely interesting . 与其他石油生产国作一比较是很有意思的。◆ I enclose the two plans for comparison . 兹附上两份计划以供比较。◆ The education system bears /stands no comparison with (= is not as good as )that in many Asian countries .这种教育制度比不上许多亚洲国家的教育制度。🔑 [C ]an occasion when two or more people or things are compared 对比;相比◆ ~of A and B a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France 英国和法国铁路系统的比较◆ ~of A with B a comparison of men's salaries with those of women 男女薪酬的比较◆ ~between A and B comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe 英国与欧洲其他国家之间的各种比较◆ ~of A to B a comparison of the brain to a computer (= showing what is similar )将大脑比作计算机◆ ~ (with sth )It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book —they are completely different . 这很难与她以前的书相比,两者是截然不同的。◆ You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland (= say how the two situations are similar ). 这种情形可与爱尔兰的相比。similarlyMaking comparisons进行比较◆This chart provides a comparison of the ways that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.这个图表对英国十几岁的男生和女生打发空闲时间的方式进行了对比。◆In many cases, the results for boys and girls are virtually the same / identical.在许多情况下,对男女生的调查结果实际上是相同的。◆In many cases, the results for boys are virtually the same as / identical to the results for girls.在许多情况下,对男生的调查结果实际上和对女生的调查结果是相同的。◆Both boys and girls spend the bulk of their free time with friends.男生和女生的大部分空闲时间都和朋友一起度过。◆Most of the boys do more than two hours of sport a week, as do many of the girls.大多数男生每周会做两个多小时的运动,这和许多女生是一样的。◆Like many of the girls, most of the boys spend a large part of their free time using the Internet.像许多女孩子一样,大多数男孩子也把大量空闲时间花在上网。◆The girls particularly enjoy using social networking websites. Similarly, nearly all the boys said they spent at least two to three hours a week on these sites.女生们特别喜欢上社交网站。同样,几乎所有男生都说他们每周在这些网站上花的时间至少有两到三个小时。 ➡ language bank atcontrast , illustrate , proportion , surprising ● by comparison 🔑 used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with sth in the previous sentence (尤用于句首)比较起来,较之◆ By comparison , expenditure on education increased last year . 相比之下,去年教育经费增加了。● by /in comparison (with sb /sth )🔑 when compared with sb /sth (与…)相比较◆ The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first . 与上半场相比,比赛的下半场有些沉闷。◆ The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers . 伦敦最高的建筑物与纽约的摩天大厦一比就相形见绌。● there's no comˈparison used to emphasize the difference between two people or things that are being compared (强调比较之下的差别)无法相比,根本不能相提并论◆ In terms of price there's no comparison (= one thing is much more expensive than the other ). 在价格方面无法相比。● ˈpale beside /next to sth ● ˈpale in /by comparison (with /to sth )● ˈpale into insignificance to seem less important when compared with sth else 相形见绌;显得逊色◆ Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence . 去年的骚乱与最近这次暴乱相比,可说是小巫见大巫。 |
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