n.
- 比較，對照；類似[C][U][（+between/with）]
- 比喻[C][U]
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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
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The old car suffers
by comparison.
舊汽車相形見絀。
in comparison with
- 與……相比
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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
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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
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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).
