compare

【发音】

美 /kəm'pɛr/ 英 /kəm'peə/

【翻译】

1. v.比较，对照；比作

   英释:to consider two or more things or people, in order to show how they are similar or different

【记忆】

com(一起) ＋ pare(看作pair， 对) → 把这对一起比较 → 比较， 对照

【短语】

1. compare with : 与…相比较

2. compare notes : 交换意见

3. compare favourably with : 比…毫不逊色，比得上

4. beyond compare : adv. 非常好；无以伦比

【例句】

1. The report compares the different types of home computer available.

   这份报告比较了市场上不同类型的家用计算机。

【真题例句】

1. (2016.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how satisfied its residents or their family members are...

2. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Dare to Compare Let's compare Ryan's and Tyler's meals to sec which is healthier...

3. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 写作题)...Perhaps the primary advantage is that they have the opportunities to compare prices of a product offered by different retailers...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.比较；对照；比喻为

   contradistinguish/be confronted with/

2. vi.比较；相比

   match/

3. n.比较

   parabole/

【同根词】

1. adj

   comparative : 比较的；相当的

   comparable : 可比较的；比得上的

2. adv

   comparatively : 比较地；相当地

   comparably : 同等地；可比较地

3. n

   comparative : 比较级；对手

   comparing : 比较

   comparability : 相似性；可比较性

4. v

   comparing : 比较；对照（compare的ing形式）