n.
- 比較,對照;類似[C][U][(+between/with)]
- 比喻[C][U]
His
comparison of the heart to a pump helped the children understand its action.
他將心臟比作打氣筒(抽水機)有助於孩子們了解心臟的作用。
- 【文】(形容詞或副詞的)比較[U][C]
片語
by comparison
- 相比之下
The old car suffers
by comparison.
舊汽車相形見絀。
in comparison with
- 與……相比
He is quite tall
in comparison with his classmates.
與他同學相比,他相當高。
bear/stand comparison with
- 比得上
This is a good book, but it cannot
stand comparison with that one.
這本書很好,但是比不上那本。
beyond/out of all/without comparison
- 無與倫比
Her looks are
beyond comparison.
她的美貌無與倫比。
辨析
n.
- an act of comparing.
▸the quality of being similar or equivalent.
- Grammar the formation of the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.
Phrase
- beyond comparison
another way of saying beyond compare (see compare).
Etymology
ME: from OFr. comparesoun, from L. comparatio(n-), from comparare (see compare).