compare

【发音】

美 /kəm'pɛr/ 英 /kəm'peə/

【翻译】

1. vt. 比较， 对照； 把…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 → 比照， 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. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse...

2. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Other studies show that simply providing the facility for people to compare their energy use with the local average is enough to cause them to modify their behaviour...

3. (2014.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...you have to compare new information against knowledge you've already mastered...

4. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...give learners the chance to compare and contrast good and bad solutions to the problems...

5. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...the important aspect is to compare with an appropriate reference group...

6. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...in that we evaluate ourselves in terms of how we compare to others...

7. (2010.12 • CET6 • • 听力题)...When you compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements...

8. (2009.6 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...And how does it compare with the other...

【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）