剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - comparison collapse

comparison
[UK]/kəm'pær.ɪ.sən/ [US]/-'per-/
noun [C or U]
EXAMINING DIFFERENCES 查找差异
I
* when two or more people or things are compared
比较，对照，对比

1. They made a comparison of different countries' eating habits.
他们对不同国家的饮食习惯作了一番比较。

2. By/In comparison with the French, the British eat far less fish.
与法国人相比，英国人吃鱼要少得多。

[UK]/kəm'pær.ɪ.sən/ [US]/-'per-/
noun [C or U]
CONSIDERING SIMILARITIES 考虑相似点
* when something is considered similar or of equal quality to something else
相提并论；相比；比较

1. She drew a comparison between life in the army and life in prison.
她把军队生活和狱中生活作了比较。

2. To my mind there's no comparison between the two restaurants (= one is much better than the other).
在我心目中，这两家饭店根本不能相比。

3. He's a good writer but he doesn't bear/stand comparison with Shakespeare (= he is not nearly as good as Shakespeare).
他是位好作家，但无法与莎士比亚相提并论。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - comparison collapse

comparison ★★★☆☆
1.N-VAR 可变名词比较;对照 When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.

【搭配模式】：oft N of/between pl-n

  • ...a comparison of the British and German economies...

    英国经济与德国经济的比较

  • Its recommendations are based on detailed comparisons between the public and private sectors...

    建议是建立在对国营部门与私营部门进行详细比较的基础上的。

  • There are no previous statistics for comparison.

    没有以往的统计数据可供比较。

2.N-COUNT 可数名词比拟;比喻 When you make a comparison, you say that one thing is like another in some way.

  • It is demonstrably an unfair comparison...

    这样打比方显然不公平。

  • He finds the comparison of insect wings with a sailing boat useful up to a point...

    他发现把昆虫的翅膀比作一艘帆船在某种程度上是有用的。

  • The comparison of her life to a sea voyage simplifies her experience.

    把她的人生比作一次海上航行不足以说明她丰富的经历。

3.PHRASE 短语与…相比;与…比较而言 If you say, for example, that something is large or small in comparison with ,in comparison to, or by comparison with something else, you mean that it is larger or smaller than the other thing.

【搭配模式】：oft PHR with/to n

  • Is the human heart weak in comparison with the other organs?...

    与其他器官相比，人的心脏是不是很脆弱？

  • The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison...

    相比之下，人类活动燃烧煤、石油等所释放的二氧化碳要少一些。

  • Those places are modern by comparison with Tresillian.

    与特西利安相比，那些地方很现代。

4.PHRASE 短语不能相提并论;不能相比 If you say there is no comparison between one thing and another, you mean that you think the first thing is much better than the second, or very different from it.

【搭配模式】：oft PHR between pl-n

【语用信息】：emphasis

  • There is no comparison between the knowledge and skill of such a player and the ordinary casual participant.

    临时的普通参赛者无法与这种选手所掌握的知识和技巧相提并论。

5.PHRASE 短语比得上;可(与…)相媲美 If someone or something stands or bears comparison with another person or thing, they are as good, or almost as good.

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • ...the only post-war French intellectual who stands comparison with De Tocqueville.

    法国战后唯一能与德·托克维尔相媲美的知识分子

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - comparison collapse

☞ comparison
com·pari·son / kEm5pArisn / noun1. [U] ~ (with sb / sth) the process of comparing two or more people or things
   比较:
   Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting.
   与其他石油生产国作一比较是很有意思的。
   I enclose the two plans for comparison.
   兹附上两份计划以供比较。
   The education system bears / stands no comparison with that in many Eastern European countries (= it is not as good).
   这种教育制度比不上许多东欧国家的教育制度。
2. [C] ~ (of A and / to / with B) | ~ (between A and B) an occasion when two or more people or things are compared
   对比；相比:
   a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France
   英国和法国铁路系统的比较
   comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe
   英国与欧洲其他国家之间的比较
   a comparison of men's salaries with those of women
   男女工资的比较
   It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book—they are completely different.
   这很难与她以前的书相比——两者是截然不同的。
   You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland (= say how the two situations are similar).
   这种情形可与爱尔兰的相比。
   a comparison of the brain to a computer (= showing what is similar)
   将大脑比作计算机
 IDIOMS 
▪ by comparison
   used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with sth in the previous sentence
   (尤用于句首)比较起来,较之:
   By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year.
   相比之下,去年教育经费增加了。
▪ by / in comparison (with sb / sth)
   when compared with sb / sth
   (与…)相比较:
   The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first.
   与上半场相比,比赛的下半场有些沉闷。
   The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers.
   伦敦最高的建筑物与纽约的摩天大厦一比就相形见绌。
▪ there's no com'parison
   used to emphasize the difference between two people or things that are being compared
   (强调比较之下的差别)无法相比,根本不能相提并论:
   In terms of price there's no comparison (= one thing is much more expensive than the other).
   在价格方面无法相比。
⇨ more at pale v.

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - comparison collapse

comparison noun

• ADJECTIVE favourable/favorable, unfavourable/unfavorable | fair, unfair | broad, crude (esp. BrE), simple | accurate, careful, close, detailed, direct | meaningful, useful, valid | apt, good, interesting | inevitable | performance, price, etc. a price-comparison site

• VERB + COMPARISON draw, make, perform It's difficult to make a direct comparison—the two things are so different. | allow, enable, facilitate, permit | invite The similarity between the two invites ~. | bear, stand Our problems don't bear ~ with those elsewhere.

• PREPOSITION by ~ (with) Jane is still young, and Fiona seems old by ~. | for ~ Let's put them side by side for ~. | in ~ to, in ~ with The glasses are small in ~ with the old ones. | ~ between a ~ between figures for last year and this year | ~ with a ~ with other schools | ~ of a ~ of unemployment rates over the past 15 years

• PHRASES a basis for ~ to provide a basis for ~ | a point of ~ | for the purposes of ~

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - comparison collapse

comparison
 in comparison with
 compared with

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - comparison collapse

comparison noun
⇨ comparison (I enclose the two plans for comparison.) ⇨ there's no comparison ⇨ similarity comparison

noun

  ➡ See also the entry for similarity 另见similarity条comparison ♦︎ analogyThese are both words for the process of comparing two or more people or things. 这两个词均表示人或事物之间的比较、类比。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a comparison / an analogy between A and B◆a comparison / an analogy with sth◆by comparison / analogy◆a / an simple / close / interesting / striking comparison / analogy◆a / an direct / useful / appropriate / apt / obvious / good / clear comparison / analogy◆to draw / make / suggest a comparison / an analogy■ comparison [uncountable, countable] the process of comparing two or more people or things; an occasion when two or more people or things are compared 比较；对比；相比◆I enclose the two plans for comparison.兹附上两份计划以供比较。◆The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers.伦敦最高的建筑物与纽约的摩天大楼一比就相形见绌。◆His problems seemed trivial by comparison.相比之下，他的问题显得微不足道。◆The education system bears no comparison with that in many Central European countries (= it is not as good).这种教育制度和许多中欧国家无法相比。◆a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France英国和法国铁路系统的比较◆You can draw comparisons with the situation in Australia (= say how the two situations are similar).这种情形可与澳大利亚的相比。   see also comparable ⇨ equivalent adj. ■ analogy əˈnælədʒi [countable, uncountable] (rather formal) a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features, especially in order to explain it; a similar feature （尤指为了便于解释的）类比，比拟；相似之处◆The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump.老师打了个比方，将人的心脏比做水泵。◆They promote learning by analogy.他们推广用类推法学习。◆There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.以往的法律案件中找不到与此案类似的。   see also analogous ⇨ equivalent adj.

新牛津英语同义词词典 - comparison collapse

comparison

noun
1 the table provides a comparison of our performance with last year's results
CONTRAST , juxtaposition, collation, differentiation; weighing up, balancing.

2 there's no comparison between music and rap
RESEMBLANCE , likeness, similarity, similitude, correspondence, correlation, parallel, parity, symmetry, equivalence, comparability, analogy.
-opposite(s): DIFFERENCE.

Collins COBUILD English Usage - comparison collapse

Comparison

GRAMMAR

You can use comparative adjectives or comparative adverbs to say that something has more of a quality than something else, or more than it used to have.

    The climbing became more difficult.

    I thought I could deal with it better than Ivan.

See entries at Comparative and superlative adjectives and Comparative and superlative adverbs.

It is also possible to make comparisons using words and structures which indicate that something is the same as something else or is done in the same way.

    Once she returned to Woodland, life went on very much as before.

    You're just as bad as your sister.

    He looked like an actor.

    Their life expectancy is about the same as ours.

词源记忆 - comparison collapse

comparison

comparison：比较，对比；比喻，比拟

来源于拉丁语动词comparare(比较)的过去分词comparatus

词根词缀： com-共同 + -par-相等 + ison