关于Compare的用法

1．vt. 比较；对照。如：

Compare your answers with those at the back of the book to see if they are right.

把你的答案同书后面的答案对照一下，看看是否正确。

My handwriting can not be compared with my father’s.

我的书法不能与我父亲的相比。

If you compare the two books, you will see that this one is better.

如果你比较一下这两本书，你会发现这一本好一些。

2．vt. 喻为；比拟。如：

Man’s life is often compared do a candle.人生常被比为蜡烛。

Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.莎士比亚把人世比做舞台。

3．comparison n． 比较；对照。如：

He looks older by comparison.比较起来，他显得老些。

It is beyond（=out of）all comparison.这是无可比拟的。

A critical comparison of Carlyle and Emerson就卡莱尔与爱默生（两人的信条或文学风格）而进行的比较与研究

4．词组

a fair comparison公正的比较

a rough comparison粗略的比较

a minute comparison详细比较

tabular comparison比较表

in comparison with that man与那人相比

the basis of comparison比较的基础

the countries under comparison相比的各国

without（=beyond）comparison无与伦比

comparison between nature and art自然与艺术之间的比较

comparison of hands笔迹的比较

the comparison of one thing to another一样东西比做另一样。如：

The comparison of heart to a pump is a very common one.

把心脏比成水泵是很常见的比喻。

bear（=stand；sustain）a comparison with比得上，不差于

challenge comparison with one’s predecessors向前任挑战

draw a comparison between then把它们加以比较

in/by comparison with与……比较

A train is slow in comparison with a plane.同飞机比较，火车走得慢。

特别提醒

compare…with…表示“把……与……相比（同类相比）”，

compare…to…表示“把……比做……（异类相比，比喻）”。

在表示“把……与……相比”时，compare…with与compare…to…皆可用，尤其是用在过去分词作状语的句子中。