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vt. 比较, 比喻, 对照 vi. 相比 n. 比较 [计] 比较

发音

US /kəmˈpɛɚ/
US /kəmˈpɛɹ/
US /kəmˈpeɚ/
US /kəmˈpeɹ/
UK /kəmˈpɛə/
UK /kəmˈpɛː/
UK /kəmˈpeə/

词形变化

compares 复数 compares compared compares 三单 compareth comparing comparing 现在分词 compared 过去式 compared 过去分词 comparest comparedst 过去式 compareth 三单 compared 复数

别名

cp. comp. cmp cp

教材释义与例句

名词

比较

a quality that is beyond compare is the best of its kind

动词

比拟，喻为；[语]构成

When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Comparison.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    An instruction or command that compares two values or states.

    可数 计算机 工程 数学 不可数

    2013, Paolo Bruni, Carlos Alberto Gomes da Silva Junior, Craig McKellar, Managing DB2 for z/OS Utilities with DB2 Tools Solution Packs It is always advisable to run a compare between your source and target environments. This should highlight whether there are differences in the lengths of VARCHARs and then the differences can be corrected before you clone.

  3. 3.

    Illustration by comparison; simile.

    废旧 不可数 可数
v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.

    比

    比较

    及物

    Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.

    You can't compare my problems and yours.

  2. 2.

    To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].

    类比

    及物

    Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.

  3. 3.

    To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

    及物 语言学

    We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".

  4. 4.

    To be similar (often used in the negative).

    可比

    不及物

    A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.

  5. 5.

    To get; to obtain.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

comparison equivalence comparability

上位词 3

likeness alikeness similitude
动词

同义词 2

equate liken

上位词 9

study consider examine relate analyze canvass analyse inflect interrelate

下位词 4

go collate analogise analogize

相关短语

compare and despair compare notes 交换意见 compare apples to apples compare and contrast 比较,对比 compare apples with apples beyond compare 无以伦比

词源

From Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”).

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