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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- comparison [kəm'pærɪsən]
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1.
n
the act or process of comparing
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2.
n
[grammar]
degrees of comparison the listing of the positive, comparative, and superlative forms of an adjective or adverb
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3.
n
the state of being compared
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4.
n
comparable quality or qualities; likeness
- there was no comparison between them
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5.
n
a rhetorical device involving comparison, such as a simile
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1.
n
the act or process of comparing
Examples
- There is no comparison between the two singers.
- 这两位歌手根本不能相比。 → comparison
- Students can use this map, along with a map from prewar Europe, to draw a comparison map.
- 同学们可以根据这张地图和战前的欧洲地图，做出一张对比地图来。 → draw
- We can make a preliminary assessment of the impact that these new policies have had, and draw a comparison with previous policies.
- 我们可以对那些新政策的影响做个初步估计，然后再与之前的政策做个对比分析。 → assessment
- it is an unfair comparison
- 这样比较是不公平的 → comparison
- for comparison
- 以作比较 → comparison
- in {or} by comparison (with)
- (与...)比较起来 → comparison
- (there's) no comparison
- 不能相提并论 → comparison
- there was no comparison between them → comparison
- 相形见绌
- prove inferior by comparison; pale by comparison; be outshone → 绌
- 工地上千万盏电灯光芒四射，连天上的星月也黯然无光。
- The worksite was ablaze with thousands of lights so that even the moon and the stars appeared lustreless in comparison. → 黯然
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