comparing 音标拼音: [kəmp'ɛrɪŋ]
比较
比较
comparing 比较
comparing n 1 :
the act of examining resemblances ; "
they made a comparison of noise levels "; "
the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator " [
synonym : {
comparison }, {
comparing }]
Compare \
Com *
pare "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Compared };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Comparing }.] [
L .
comparare ,
fr .
compar like or equal to another ;
com -
par equal :
cf .
F .
comparer .
See {
Pair },
{
Peer }
an equal ,
and cf . {
Compeer }.]
1 .
To examine the character or qualities of ,
as of two or more persons or things ,
for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences ;
to bring into comparison ;
to regard with discriminating attention .
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Compare dead happiness with living woe . --
Shak .
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The place he found beyond expression bright ,
Compared with aught on earth . --
Milton .
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Compare our faces and be judge yourself . --
Shak .
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To compare great things with small . --
Milton .
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2 .
To represent as similar ,
for the purpose of illustration ;
to liken .
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Solon compared the people unto the sea ,
and orators and counselors to the winds ;
for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it .
--
Bacon .
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3 . (
Gram .)
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison ;
to state positive ,
comparative ,
and superlative forms of ;
as ,
most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "-
er "
and "-
est "
to the positive form ;
as ,
black ,
blacker ,
blackest ;
those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "
more "
and "
most ",
or "
less "
and "
least ",
to the positive ;
as ,
beautiful ,
more beautiful ,
most beautiful .
Syn :
To {
Compare }, {
Compare with }, {
Compare to }.
Usage :
Things are compared with each other in order to learn their relative value or excellence .
Thus we compare Cicero with Demosthenes ,
for the sake of deciding which was the greater orator .
One thing is compared to another because of a real or fanciful likeness or similarity which exists between them .
Thus it has been common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a thunderbolt ,
on account of its force ,
and the eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration ,
on account of its splendor .
Burke compares the parks of London to the lungs of the human body .
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