compared

[kəmˈpeəd]
  • 释义
  • 比较的,对照的;

  • 词义辨析
  • compare to, compare with
  • compare to和compare with都可作“与…比较”解,且在cannot compare结构中接with和to意思相同。它们的区别是:
    1.compare with侧重把两个事物进行横向比较,求其共同之处或不同之处,且多用于具体事物; compare to侧重于把两个事物归纳到同一范围里去,以便突出其相同的属性,且多用于抽象事物。例如:
    Social life in a village cannot compare to〔with〕 that of a large city.
    乡村的社交生活是不能与大城市的 社交生活相比拟的。
    The teacher compared my composition with another student's one.
    老师把我的作文与另一个同学的作 文做了比较。
    Compared to many other women, she was really lucky.
    与许多其他女人相比,她的确挺幸运。
    2.表示“比喻,比作”的意思时,只能用compare to; 表示“比得上”时,只能用compare with。
  • compare, collate, contrast, resemble
  • 这四个词都有“比较”的意思。它们的区别是:
    compare意为“比较”,着重“相似之处”; contrast意为“对比”,着重“相异处”; collate表示“对照”,强调认真仔细,细致入微,常用于书报的校勘; resemble意为“类似”,着重强调视觉上感觉相像。例如:
    Compare these examples of Rembrandt's early and late styles.比较这些代表伦勃朗早期和晚期风格的作品。
    Collate a new edition with an earlier edition.将新版本与旧版本详细比较。
    I contrasted John's report card with Mary's to show him how poorly he was doing.我把约翰的成绩单同玛丽的作一下对比,以示他的成绩多么坏。
    That boy resembles his mother.那男孩酷似他的妈妈。
  • compare with, contrast with
  • 这两个短语意思并不相同,前者意为“可与…相比”; 后者意为“同…形成对比〔反差〕”。例如:
    Her actions contrasted sharply with her promises.她的行为和她的诺言形成了强烈的反差。
  • compare,compare to,compare with,contrast
  • 这些动词(短语)都含“比较”之意。
    compare侧重比较两个或更多东西的异同优劣,强调相同或类似之处。
    compare to指两物有类似或相似之处,从而“把(一物)比作(另一物)。”
    compare with指“把……用……作比较”以便找出差异或好坏。
    contrast指比较两个或更多东西之间的差异,侧重不同点。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    The room was light and lofty compared with our Tudor ones.

    跟我们都铎风格的房间比起来,这个房间显得素雅而大气。

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  • 2、

    His progress at school had been unspectacular compared to his brother.

    和弟弟相比,他在学校里的进步很不起眼。

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  • 3、

    His legs were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk.

    他的双腿和他庞大身躯的其他部分相比瘦得可怜。

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  • 4、

    Such roles are small beer compared with the fame she once enjoyed.

    和她曾经享有的名气相比,这样的角色真的算不了什么。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 5、

    Long-term stock market investments have produced superior returns compared with cash deposits.

    股票市场长期投资的收益比现金存款要高。

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  • 6、

    Life was now drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas.

    比起海外那种更富有刺激的生活方式来,现在的生活显得了无生气.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 7、

    This is fearfully expensive compared with the last one I bought.

    这和我上次买的相比贵得吓人。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 8、

    Emerald starlings are fairly small when compared with other such birds.

    与同类的其他鸟相比,翠辉椋鸟要小很多。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 9、

    Ferries are very powerful and manoeuvrable compared to cargo ships.

    与货船相比,渡船马力大而且易操纵。

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  • 10、

    Columbia was a young city compared to venerable Charleston.

    与历史悠久的查尔斯顿相比,哥伦比亚是个年轻的城市。

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  • 11、

    He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother.

    跟他哥哥一比,他不过是个小毛孩。

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  • 12、

    It sounds difficult, but compared to full-time work it was a cinch.

    这听上去有难度,可是比起全职工作来,就是小意思了。

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  • 13、

    In 1800 Ireland's population was nine million, compared to Britain's 16 million.

    1800年,爱尔兰的人口数为900万,而英国则有1,600万。

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  • 14、

    The cost was peanuts compared to a new kitchen.

    与建新厨房相比,那笔费用微不足道。

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  • 15、

    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。

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