compare是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to examine or look for the difference between two or more things -- 對比，對照，比較

  • If you compare house prices in the two areas, it's quite amazing how different they are. 如果比較一下兩個地段的房價，你會驚訝地發現兩者差別竟如此之大。

  • That seems expensive - have you compared prices in other shops? 那好像很貴——你有沒有比較一下其他店裡的價格？

  • Compare some recent work with your older stuff and you'll see how much you've improved. 把你近來的作品與以前的對照一下，你就會知道你的進步有多大。

  • This road is quite busy compared to/with ours. 與我們那條路相比，這條路很繁忙。

  • Children seem to learn more interesting things compared to/with when we were at school. 與我們上學時相比，孩子現在學到的有趣東西似乎更多一些。

• 1 to judge, suggest, or consider that something is similar or of equal quality to something else -- 將…比作；拿…與…相比；認為…和…相似（或不相上下）

  • The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade. 詩人把他戀人的舌頭比作剃鬚刀刀片。

  • Still only 25, she has been compared to the greatest dancer of all time. 她才25歲就被譽為有史以來最偉大的舞蹈家。

  • People compared her to Elizabeth Taylor. 人們把她比作伊莉莎白‧泰勒。

  • You can't compare the two cities - they're totally different. 你不能把這兩座城市相提並論——它們完全不同。

  • Instant coffee just doesn't compare with freshly ground coffee. 即溶咖啡根本比不上現磨的咖啡。

  • The hotel certainly compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year. 這家飯店當然比我們去年住的那家要好。

• 2 so good that everyone or everything else is of worse quality -- 無與倫比；無可比擬；舉世無雙

  • Her beauty is beyond compare. 她的美麗無與倫比。