compare
英[kəm'peə]
美[kəm'pɛr]
- n. 比较
- vt. 比拟，喻为；[语]构成
- vi. 相比，匹敌；比较，区别；比拟（常与to连用）
- n. (Compare)人名；(意)孔帕雷
词态变化
第三人称单数: compares;过去式: compared;过去分词: compared;现在分词: comparing;
中文词源
compare 比较
com-, 强调。-par, 对等，词源同pair, peer.
英文词源
- compare
- compare: [15] Compare comes via Old French comparer from Latin comparāre ‘couple, match’, a verb based on the adjective compar ‘equal’, a compound formed from the prefix com- ‘mutually’ and pār ‘equal’ (source of English pair, peer, and parity). The Latin derivative noun comparātiō gave Old French comparesoun and hence English comparison [14].
=> pair, par, parity, peer - compare (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French comparer (12c., Modern French comparer), from Late Latin comparare "to liken, to compare" (see comparison). Related: Compared; comparing. To compare notes is from 1708. Phrase without compare (attested from 1620s, but similar phrasing dates to 1530s) seems to be altered by folk etymology from compeer "rival."
双语例句
- 1. He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
- 他给他的计算机编制了一套程序，以比较所有可能的组合。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. How do the two techniques compare in terms of application?
- 这两种手法实际运用起来哪个好一些？
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The more recent conifer plantations cannot yet compare with the old woodlands.
- 年代较近的针叶树林场还比不上年代久远的林场。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Childcare facilities in Britain compare unfavourably with other European countries.
- 英国的保育设施与欧洲其他国家比起来相形见绌。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It's instructive to compare his technique with Alan Bennett's.
- 把他的手法与艾伦·贝内特进行比较很富启发意义。
来自柯林斯例句