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compare v.比较；对比；比喻n.比较；对照 (1) 我比较了复印件和原件，但是差别不是很大。(2) 警察将嫌疑犯的指纹和犯罪现场的指纹进行了对比。(3) 在诗歌中，人生被比喻为朝露。(4) 她真是可爱得无与伦比。(5) 将本次呼吸与呼吸音与前次检查结果相对照。(6) 把你的答案同书后面的答案对照一下，看看是否正确。 People compare all the time. If you look at two products and compare prices, you're looking for the better bargain. It is hard to compare who was the better athlete, Michael Jordan or Billie Jean King, because they played different sports. At a museum, you can compare different paintings. If you like your math teacher better than your history teacher, you're comparing the two. If a TV shows is bad, you could say "it doesn't compare" to your favorite show.

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英 [kəm'peə(r)] 美 [kəm'per] (1) I compared the copy with the original, but there was not much difference.(2) The police compared the suspect's fingerprints with those found at the crime scene.(3) Life is poetically compared to the morning dew.(4) She is lovely beyond compare.(5) Compare respirations and breath sounds with previous findings.(6) Compare your answers with those at the back of the book to see if they are right. To compare is to look at two things and see how they are similar and different. 1[VERB 动词]比较；对比 When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them. to compare notes→see: note；   [V pl-n]  [V n with n]  [V n to n]Compare the two illustrations in Fig 60...比较图60中的两幅插图。Was it fair to compare independent schools with state schools?...拿私立学校与州立学校相比，这样公平吗？Note how smooth the skin of the upper arm is, then compare it to the skin on the elbow.请注意上臂的皮肤是多么光滑，然后把它和肘部的皮肤比较一下。2[VERB 动词]把…比作 If you compare one person or thing to another, you say that they are like the other person or thing.   [V n to/with n/-ing]Some commentators compared his work to that of James Joyce...有些评注者把他的作品与詹姆斯·乔伊斯的作品相提并论。I can only compare the experience to falling in love.我只能把这段经历比作坠入爱河。3[V-RECIP 相互动词](与…)比起来(好/差) If one thing compares favourably with another, it is better than the other thing. If it compares unfavourably, it is worse than the other thing.   [V adv with n]  [pl-n V adv]Our road safety record compares favourably with that of other European countries...我们的道路安全纪录比欧洲其他国家要好。How do the two techniques compare in terms of application?这两种手法实际运用起来哪个好一些？4[VERB 动词]相比 If you say that something does not compare with something else, you mean that it is much worse.   [V with n]  [usu with neg]The flowers here do not compare with those at home...这儿的花比不上家乡的花。The more recent conifer plantations cannot yet compare with the old woodlands.年代较近的针叶树林场还比不上年代久远的林场。5[PHRASE 短语]无与伦比；无可比拟 If you describe something as beyond compare, you mean that it is extremely good or extremely great.   [n/adj PHR]  [emphasis]  [LITERARY 文]She was a storyteller beyond compare.她是个无与伦比的讲故事高手。...riches beyond compare.无与伦比的财富6See also:compared；

英语单词	compare
英美音标	英 [kəm'peə(r)] 美 [kəm'per]
中文释义	v.比较；对比；比喻 n.比较；对照
英语例句	(1) I compared the copy with the original, but there was not much difference. (2) The police compared the suspect's fingerprints with those found at the crime scene. (3) Life is poetically compared to the morning dew. (4) She is lovely beyond compare. (5) Compare respirations and breath sounds with previous findings. (6) Compare your answers with those at the back of the book to see if they are right.
中文例句	(1) 我比较了复印件和原件，但是差别不是很大。 (2) 警察将嫌疑犯的指纹和犯罪现场的指纹进行了对比。 (3) 在诗歌中，人生被比喻为朝露。 (4) 她真是可爱得无与伦比。 (5) 将本次呼吸与呼吸音与前次检查结果相对照。 (6) 把你的答案同书后面的答案对照一下，看看是否正确。
vocabulary简明	To compare is to look at two things and see how they are similar and different.
vocabulary扩展	People compare all the time. If you look at two products and compare prices, you're looking for the better bargain. It is hard to compare who was the better athlete, Michael Jordan or Billie Jean King, because they played different sports. At a museum, you can compare different paintings. If you like your math teacher better than your history teacher, you're comparing the two. If a TV shows is bad, you could say "it doesn't compare" to your favorite show.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]比较；对比 When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them. to compare notes→see: note ； [V pl-n] [V n with n] [V n to n] Compare the two illustrations in Fig 60... 比较图60中的两幅插图。 Was it fair to compare independent schools with state schools?... 拿私立学校与州立学校相比，这样公平吗？ Note how smooth the skin of the upper arm is, then compare it to the skin on the elbow. 请注意上臂的皮肤是多么光滑，然后把它和肘部的皮肤比较一下。 2 [VERB 动词]把…比作 If you compare one person or thing to another, you say that they are like the other person or thing. [V n to/with n/-ing] Some commentators compared his work to that of James Joyce... 有些评注者把他的作品与詹姆斯·乔伊斯的作品相提并论。 I can only compare the experience to falling in love. 我只能把这段经历比作坠入爱河。 3 [V-RECIP 相互动词](与…)比起来(好/差) If one thing compares favourably with another, it is better than the other thing. If it compares unfavourably, it is worse than the other thing. [V adv with n] [pl-n V adv] Our road safety record compares favourably with that of other European countries... 我们的道路安全纪录比欧洲其他国家要好。 How do the two techniques compare in terms of application? 这两种手法实际运用起来哪个好一些？ 4 [VERB 动词]相比 If you say that something does not compare with something else, you mean that it is much worse. [V with n] [usu with neg] The flowers here do not compare with those at home... 这儿的花比不上家乡的花。 The more recent conifer plantations cannot yet compare with the old woodlands. 年代较近的针叶树林场还比不上年代久远的林场。 5 [PHRASE 短语]无与伦比；无可比拟 If you describe something as beyond compare, you mean that it is extremely good or extremely great. [n/adj PHR] [emphasis] [LITERARY 文] She was a storyteller beyond compare. 她是个无与伦比的讲故事高手。 ...riches beyond compare. 无与伦比的财富 6 See also:compared ；

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