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1 liken, associate, make (an) analogy (with), refer,analogize: How can you compare your collection to mine? 2compare with. resemble, be or look like, be on a par with, be ina class or the same class with, correspond, match, parallel,approach, approximate, bear or merit comparison (with)

rival,compete with or against, be a match for: Your paintings comparewell with Picasso's. The new recordings don't begin to comparewith the old ones.

3 contrast, measure against, weigh,juxtapose, set side by side, relate, correlate: We need tocompare the results of the two surveys.comparison

--n.

1 contrasting, contrast, juxtaposing, juxtaposition,balancing, balance, weighing: His comparison of the candidatesis prejudiced.

2 match, similarity, resemblance, likeness,comparability, relation, relationship, commensurability,kinship, point of agreement or correspondence: There is nocomparison between a racing car and a family car.

UK verb transitive EXAMINE DIFFERENCES 查找差异  ESSENTIAL 

to examine or look for the difference between two or more things    对比，对照，比较 If you compare house prices in the two areas, it's quite amazing how different they are.   如果比较一下两个地段的房价，你会惊讶地发现两者差别竟如此之大。 That seems expensive - have you compared prices in other shops?   那好像很贵——你有没有比较一下其他店里的价格？ Compare some recent work with your older stuff and you'll see how much you've improved.   把你近来的作品与以前的对照一下，你就会知道你的进步有多大。 This road is quite busy compared to/with ours.   与我们那条路相比，这条路很繁忙。 Children seem to learn more interesting things compared to/with when we were at school.   与我们上学时相比，孩子现在学到的有趣东西似乎更多一些。UK verb transitive CONSIDER SIMILARITIES 考虑相似之处

to judge, suggest or consider that something is similar or of equal quality to something else    将…比作；拿…与…相比；认为…和…相似（或不相上下） The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade.   诗人把他恋人的舌头比作剃须刀刀片。 Still only twenty-five, she has been compared to the greatest dancer of all time.   她才25岁就被誉为有史以来最伟大的舞蹈家。 People have compared me to Elizabeth Taylor.   人们把我比作伊莉莎白‧泰勒。 You can't compare the two cities - they're totally different.   你不能把这两座城市相提并论——它们完全不同。 does not compare

If something or someone does not compare with something or someone else, the second thing is very much better than the first    不能相比，比不上 Instant coffee just doesn't compare with freshly ground coffee.   即溶咖啡根本比不上现磨的咖啡。 compare favourably

If something compares favourably with something else, it is better than it    比起来要好，比得过 The hotel certainly compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year.   这家饭店当然比我们去年住的那家要好。UK verb transitive compare notes

If two people compare notes, they tell each other what they think about something they have both done    交换看法，交流意见 We'd both been out with the same man at different points in our lives so it was interesting to compare notes.   我俩在人生的不同时期和同一个男人约会过，所以交流一下看法很有意思。UK verb transitive   Common Learner Errors   compared with/to   Remember: to describe the differences or similarities between two or more things, use 'compare' in the past tense.   Don't say 'compare with/to', or 'comparing with/to', say compared with/to. ✗ Her garden is big comparing to mine.   Her garden is big compared to mind.UK noun literary beyond compare

so good that everyone or everything else is of worse quality    无与伦比；无可比拟；举世无双 Her beauty is beyond compare.   她的美丽无与伦比。