compare是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to examine or look for the difference between two or more things -- 对比，对照，比较

  • If you compare house prices in the two areas, it's quite amazing how different they are. 如果比较一下两个地段的房价，你会惊讶地发现它们的差别竟如此之大。

  • That seems expensive - have you compared prices in other shops? 那好像很贵——你有没有比较一下其他店里的价格？

  • Compare some recent work with your older stuff and you'll see how much you've improved. 把你近来的作品与以前的对照一下，你就会知道你的进步有多大。

  • This road is quite busy compared to/with ours. 与我们那条路相比，这条路很繁忙。

  • Children seem to learn more interesting things compared to/with when we were at school. 与我们上学时相比，孩子们现在学的有趣的东西似乎更多一些。

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

  • The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade. 诗人把他恋人的舌头比作剃须刀刀片。

  • Still only 25, she has been compared to the greatest dancer of all time. 她才25岁就被誉为有史以来最伟大的舞蹈家。

  • People compared her to Elizabeth Taylor. 人们把她比作伊丽莎白‧泰勒。

  • You can't compare the two cities - they're totally different. 你不能把这两座城市相提并论——它们完全不同。

  • Instant coffee just doesn't compare with freshly ground coffee. 速溶咖啡根本比不上现磨的咖啡。

  • The hotel certainly compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year. 这家酒店当然比我们去年住的那家要好。

• 2 so good that everyone or everything else is of worse quality -- 无与伦比；无可比拟；举世无双

  • Her beauty is beyond compare. 她的美丽无与伦比。