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compare

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com·pare1 /kəmˈpeə $ -ˈper/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
1  SIMILAR/DIFFERENT[transitiveT]COMPARE to consider two or more things or people, in order to show how they are similar or different 比較；對比 → comparison
The report compares the different types of home computer available.
這份報告比較了市場上不同類型的家用計算機。
compare something/somebody with something/somebody
The police compared the suspect’s fingerprints with those found at the crime scene.
警方把疑犯的指紋和在犯罪現場發現的指紋作了對比。
compare something/somebody to something/somebody
Davies’ style of writing has been compared to Dickens’.
戴維斯在寫作風格上被比作狄更斯。
compare and contrast (=an expression used when telling students to write about the things that are similar or different in works of literature or art) 比較對照〔用於要求學生論述文學或藝術作品之間的異同〕
Compare and contrast the main characters of these two novels.
將這兩本小說中的主人公進行比較對照。
2  compared to/with something COMPAREused when considering the size, quality, or amount of something in relation to something similar 〔尺寸、質量或數量〕與…相比
a 20% reduction in burglary compared with last year
與去年相比入室盜竊案發率 20%的下降
Compared to our small flat, Bill’s house seemed like a palace.
和我們的小公寓相比，比爾的房子就像是宮殿。
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compared to/with something• Statistics show a 20% reduction in burglary compared with last year.• Compared to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara almost seems rural.
3  LIKE/EQUALLY GOOD[intransitiveI]LIKE/SIMILAR to be better or worse than something else 比…好[差]
compare (favourably/unfavourably) with something
The quality of English wines can now compare with wines from Germany.
現在英國葡萄酒的質量可以和德國的葡萄酒相媲美。
How does life in Britain compare with life in the States?
英國的生活和美國相比怎麽樣？
The imported fabric is 30% cheaper and compares favourably (=is as good) in quality.
進口織物價格要便宜30%，質量也更好。
4  something doesn’t/can’t compare (with something) WORSEif something does not compare with something else, it is not as good, large etc 某事物不能（和某事物）相比
The rides at the fair just can’t compare with the rides at Disneyland.
遊樂場的遊樂設施根本不能和迪士尼樂園裏的相比。
5  compare notes (with somebody) informalTALK TO somebody to talk to someone in order to find out if their experience of something is the same as yours （和某人）交換意見
Leading scientists got together in Paris to compare notes on current research.
頂尖科學家會聚巴黎，就最新的研究交換意見。
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compare notes (with somebody)• The New Moms group allows us to compare notes.• Between courses, Rebecca and I disappear into the toilet together to compare notes.• The journalists gathered in knots to compare notes and decide on the best angle on the story.• Students and lecturers should be able to use the system to compare notes and ideas.• I wanted the chance to compare notes and probe and ask questions, and with this approach I could.• I am eager to share my thoughts with you, to compare notes, and to get your opinions.• It was only later, when we compared notes, that we put his source down to something inhuman.
 THESAURUS
compare to consider two or more things or people, in order to show how they are similar or different 比較,對比
Scientists compared the results of both experiments.
科學家把兩次實驗的結果進行了比較。
nThe woman’s body was identified by comparing her teeth with dental records.
make/draw a comparison to compare two or more things or people and say how they are similar 進行比較
In her article, she makes a comparison between people’s lives now and 50 years ago.
她在文章中把現在的生活和50年前的生活進行了比較。
It is possible to draw a comparison between the two poets’ work.
這兩位詩人的作品可以作一個比較。
draw an analogy to say that two situations are similar – a rather formal use 作類比〔相當正式的用法〕
Some people have attempted to draw an analogy between America’s invasion of Iraq and the war in Vietnam.
有些人試圖以越南戰爭美化美國對伊拉克的入侵。
draw a parallel to say that some features of things are similar, especially things that are actually very different – a rather formal use 〔尤指把差别很大的事物〕相提並論〔相當正式的用法〕
He draws a parallel between football and religion.
他把足球和宗教相提並論。
nParallels can be drawn between her work and that of Picasso.
contrast to compare two things, situations etc, in order to show how they are different from each other 對比
In her novel she contrasts the lives of two families in very different circumstances.
小說中，她把兩家人完全不同的生活進行了對比。
make/draw a distinction between to say that you think two things are very different 把〔兩事物〕區别開來
The author draws a distinction between allowing death to occur, and causing it.
作者把允許死亡發生和造成死亡區别開來。
nIt is important to make a distinction between people’s fears about crime and the amount of crime that really happens.
measure somebody/something against somebody/something to compare two people or things, in order to judge which is better, bigger etc 以某物/某人來衡量某物/某人
As a young actress, she was nervous of being measured against her famous father.
作爲一名年輕演員，她害怕别人以她的名人父親來衡量自己。
nMurray’s progress is often measured against that of Nadal.
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compare• There was nothing, not even that hotel sitting room, to compare.• You should compare at least three or four computers before buying one.• You can't compare Charlie Parker with John Coltrane. They were completely different musicians.• The report compares home computers currently available in stores.• I hate the way you always compare me with your ex-boyfriend.• If you compare rents in London with those in New York, you'll find they are about the same.• Some 22 percent of councillors had a degree or equivalent qualification compared to only 5 percent of the general population.• They were more physically fit, had lost a little body fat and lowered their triglycerides compared to the control group.• The 1991 figure of 585 casualties shows a marked reduction of 65 or 10% compared with the 1990 total of 650 casualties.
compare and contrast• Opportunities ought to be compared and contrasted.• Other strategies with similar popularity were: serial strategy, compare and contrast, and overall impression.• Its structure aims to allow the reader to compare and contrast aspects of environmental law between different jurisdictions.• One doesn't need to compare and contrast - It's a moment one can be justly proud of.• For example is there something similar happening in their own country so that they might compare and contrast practice in one country and another?• At this stage they are encouraged to compare and contrast the facilities and user interfaces provided.• Pupils will at first no doubt compare and contrast the past and the present.• Pupils could be asked to compare and contrast their own area with another different area.
compare (favourably/unfavourably) with something• This shows a recovery in the U.K. share as compared with 1990/91, when the figures were: U.S. 38.6%.• Fertility averaged over six children per couple, as compared with 2. 7 in the industrialized world.• That compares with a 1. 9 percent rise in November, the biggest monthly rise since July.• Computers traditionally talk to each other over phone lines, which have sharply limited capacity compared with cable.• At speeds low compared with light, the temporal retardation is proportional to the square of your speed.• Last year Iron Maiden gear grossed £7 million compared with record sales of £21 million.• It is less than £30,000, compared with the tens or hundreds of millions that are spent on promoting tobacco.• The Astra has been accused of having poor suspension control, but it's nothing compared with the way the LeBaron behaves.
compare2 noun
beyond/without compare literaryBEST a quality that is beyond compare is the best of its kind 無可比拟，無與倫比
a beauty and an elegance beyond compare
無與倫比的美麗與優雅
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beyond/without compare• She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare.• Their written language was the most advanced of the pre-Columbian scripts, and their astronomical knowledge beyond compare.• The Muses had no instrument peculiar to them, but their voices were lovely beyond compare.• The dancing in the show had a beauty that was beyond compare.
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compare• She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare.• Their written language was the most advanced of the pre-Columbian scripts, and their astronomical knowledge beyond compare.
Origin compare1
(1400-1500) French comparer, from Latin comparare, from compar “like”, from com- ( → COM-) + par “equal”
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 773 COCA: 831
compare

verb

ADVERB | VERB + COMPARE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤favourably/favorably, well比得上；比⋯強◇The city compares favourably / favorably with other parts of Brazil.這個城市比巴西的其他地方好。➤unfavourably/unfavorably比不上➤closely仔細地比較➤accurately, directly, systematically準確／直接／系統地比較➤easily很容易比較➤constantly經常比較VERB + COMPARE➤cannot, do not不能相比◇These mountains do not compare with (= are not nearly as high, impressive, etc. as) the Himalayas.這些山不能與喜馬拉雅山相比。PREPOSITION➤with及得上⋯◇Few things compare with (= are as good as) the joy of walking on a bright spring morning.沒有什麼比在陽光明媚的春日早晨散步更愜意。PHRASES➤compare and contrast比較與對比▸➤be nothing compared to sb/sth比起⋯算不了什麼◇I've had some difficulties but they were nothing compared to yours (= they were not nearly as bad as yours).我遇到一些困難，但是比起你的這些就算不了什麼。➤nothing compares to sb/sth (= nothing is as good as sb/sth) 沒有什麼可以與⋯媲美➤be often compared to sb/sth常被比作⋯◇The golfer Tiger Woods is often compared to Jack Nicklaus.人們常把高爾夫球手“老虎”伍茲與傑克・尼高斯相提並論。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 773 COCA: 831
compare verb
⇨ compare 1 (We compared the two reports carefully.) ⇨ compare 2 (Our results compare favourably with theirs.)compare1

verb

 We compared the two reports carefully. 我們仔細比較了兩份報告。Our results compare favourably with theirs. 我們的結果比他們的要好。They compared his work to that of Hemingway.compare ♦︎ contrast ♦︎ juxtapose ♦︎ balance sth against sth ♦︎ match sth against sthThese words all mean to examine people or things to see how they are similar and/or how they are different. 這些詞均表示比較、對比。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to compare / contrast / juxtapose A and / with B◆to compare / contrast sth favourably / unfavourably with sth■ compare [transitive] to examine people or things in order to see how they are similar and how they are different 比較，對比（以示異同）◆It is interesting to compare their situation and ours.把他們的狀況與我們的對比很有意思。◆We compared the two reports carefully.我們仔細比較了兩份報告。◆My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's.與别人的問題相比，我自己的問題顯得微不足道。◆Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago.與40年前相比，醫療水平得到了極大的提高。ⓘ Some people prefer only to use with, not to with compare in this meaning; however, both with and to are in fact very frequently used. Compare sth to sth is always used when the meaning is 'to show or suggest that two people or things are similar'. 表達此義時，有些人只用compare with，而不用compare to；但實際上with和to都很常用。compare sth to sth總是或多或少強調兩者的相似之處◆The critics compared his work to that of Hemingway.評論界將他的作品和海明威的相提並論。 ■ contrast [transitive] (rather formal) to compare two things in order to show the differences between them 對比，對照（以顯出差異）◆It is interesting to contrast the British legal system with the American one.把英美兩國的司法體系進行對比很有意思。◆The poem contrasts youth and age.這首詩對比了青春與暮年。◆Compare and contrast the two main characters in the play.比較這部劇中兩個主要人物的異同。  see also contrast ⇨ difference , contrast ⇨ opposite noun ■ juxtapose ˌdʒʌkstəˈpəʊz; NAmE ˌdʒʌkstəˈpoʊz [transitive, usually passive] (formal) to put people or things together, especially in order to show a difference or a new relationship between them （尤指爲顯出差異或表明關系而）把⋯並置，把⋯並列◆In the exhibition, abstract paintings are juxtaposed with shocking photographs.展覽會上，抽象畫與令人震驚的照片並列展出。ⓘ Juxtapose is often used with adverbs such as crudely, sharply, starkly and dramatically, and with phrases like to good/great/maximum effect. * juxtapose常與crudely、sharply、starkly、dramatically等副詞和to good/great/maximum effect等短語連用。■ balance sth against sth

phrasal verb

 (rather formal) to compare the relative importance of two contrasting things 比較（兩個相對的事物）；權衡重要性◆The cost of obtaining legal advice needs to be balanced against its benefits.法律咨詢帶來的好處得和需要付出的費用權衡一下。■ ˈmatch sth against sth

phrasal verb

to compare things in order to find two that are the same or similar 拿⋯與⋯比較，對照（以找出相同或相似的配對）◆New information is matched against existing data in the computer.新的資料和電腦中已有的數據作了比較。ⓘ Match sth against sth is often used to talk about comparing items of information such as words with a large collection or database of information on a computer or in the mind. * match sth against sth常指將字詞等信息項與計算機或大腦中的信息集或數據庫(database)進行比較。compare2

verb

 We compared the two reports carefully. 我們仔細比較了兩份報告。Our results compare favourably with theirs. 我們的結果比他們的要好。They compared his work to that of Hemingway.compare ♦︎ match ♦︎ rival ♦︎ equal ♦︎ be on a par with sb/sthThese words all mean to be as good as sb/sth else. 這些詞均表示相匹敵、不相上下。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to match / rival / equal sth in / for sth◆to compare with / match / rival / be on a par with sth in terms of sth◆to compare with / match / equal sb's achievements◆to match / rival / equal the performance of sth◆to match / equal a feat / record◆to be matched / rivalled / equalled only by sth■ compare [intransitive] to be as good as sb/sth else; to be similar to sb/sth else, either better or worse 比得上；與⋯類似；差不多（好或差）◆Few trees can compare with our native rowan for ease of cultivation.很少有樹種在易於種植方面比得上我們本土的花楸。◆How do these results compare with last year's (= are they better or worse)?這些結果和去年的相比如何？◆This Roman gold doesn't compare to (is not as good as) a recent find by a local farmer, which is worth millions.這塊古羅馬金牌和最近一個本地農民發現的那塊無法相比，後者價值數百萬。◆This government's record compares favourably with (= is better than) that of our predecessors.這屆政府要好於上屆。◆The profit of £23 million compares (= contrasts) with a £32 million loss in the previous financial year.2 300萬英鎊的利潤與上一財政年度3 200萬英鎊的損失形成對照。  see also comparable ⇨ equivalent adj. ■ match [transitive] to be as good, interesting or successful as sb/sth else; to make sth the same or better than sth else 與⋯相匹敵；和⋯不相上下；使等同於；使優於◆The teams were evenly matched (= of a similar standard).各隊水平旗鼓相當。◆The two firms are quite closely matched in terms of size and profitability.這兩家公司在規模和盈利方面不相上下。◆The firm was unable to match the salaries offered by their rivals.這家公司無法支付他們的競爭對手支付的工資。  see also match ⇨ peer noun ■ rival (-ll-, NAmE -l-) [transitive] to be as good or impressive as sb/sth else 與⋯相匹敵；比得上◆You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps.你能看到的景色可與你在阿爾卑斯山所見的相媲美。◆Golf cannot rival football for excitement.高爾夫球不像足球那樣刺激。■ equal (-ll-, NAmE -l-) [transitive] to be as good as sth else; to do sth to the same standard as sb else 比得上；敵得過◆Half-year profits equalled the best expectations.半年利潤與最佳預期相當。◆With his last jump he equalled the world record.他的最後一跳平了世界紀錄。  see also equal ⇨ peer noun ■ be on a par with sb/sth

idiom

 (rather informal) to be as good, bad, important, etc. as sb/sth else 與⋯同樣好（或壞、重要等）；不相上下◆Profits should be on a par with last year.利潤應與去年差不多。◆It's quite impressive, but it's not on a par with the stadiums we have back home.它很壯觀，但是不能和我們故鄉的體育場相比。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 773 COCA: 831
compare
To compare or connect things: compare, connect, link...
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