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comparison

noun
 OPAL W
/kəmˈpærɪsn/
/kəmˈpærɪsn/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [uncountable] the process of comparing two or more people or things比较
    • For Durkheim, comparison was the most important method of analysis in sociology.对涂尔干来说，比较是社会学中最重要的分析方法。
    • comparison with somebody/something 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。
    • The education system bears/stands no comparison with (= is not as good as) that in many Asian countries.这种教育制度比不上许多亚洲国家的教育制度。
    • for comparison I enclose the two plans for comparison.兹附上两份计划以供比较。
    Extra Examples
    • Let's put them side by side for comparison.把它们放在一起比较一下吧。
    • Our problems don't bear comparison with those elsewhere.我们的问题与别处的问题不能相提并论。
    • The similarity between the two invites comparison.两者的相似性让人很容易拿它们作比较。
    • a price-comparison site价格比较网站
    • to provide a basis for comparison提供比较的基础
    • One of the groups serves as a comparison group or ‘control’ for the other.其中一组作为另一组的比较组或“对照”。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • favourable/​favorable
    • unfavourable/​unfavorable
    • fair
    • …
    verb + comparison
    • draw
    • make
    • perform
    • …
    preposition
    • by comparison (with)
    • for comparison
    • in comparison to
    • …
    phrases
    • a basis for comparison
    • a point of comparison
    • for the purposes of comparison
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
     [countable] an occasion when two or more people or things are compared对比；相比
    • The films are too different for a fair comparison.这些电影差异太大，无法进行公平的比较。
    • comparison of A and B a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France英国和法国铁路系统的比较
    • comparison of A with B a comparison of men’s salaries with those of women男女薪酬的比较
    • comparison between A and B comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe英国与欧洲其他国家之间的各种比较
    • comparison of A to B a comparison of the brain to a computer (= showing what is similar)将大脑比作计算机
    • comparison with somebody/something 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。
    • There is no published information that would allow a direct comparison with other regions or countries.没有公布的信息可以与其他地区或国家进行直接比较。
    Language Bank similarlysimilarlyMaking comparisons进行比较
      • This chart provides a comparison of the ways that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.这个图表对英国十几岁的男生和女生打发空闲时间的方式进行了对比。
      • In many cases, the results for boys and girls are virtually the same/identical.在许多情况下，对男女生的调查结果实际上是相同的。
      • In many cases, the results for boys are virtually the same as/identical to the results for girls.在许多情况下，对男生的调查结果实际上和对女生的调查结果是相同的。
      • Both boys and girls spend the bulk of their free time with friends.男生和女生的大部分空闲时间都和朋友一起度过。
      • Most of the boys do more than two hours of sport a week, as do many of the girls.大多数男生每周会做两个多小时的运动，这和许多女生是一样的。
      • Like many of the girls, most of the boys spend a large part of their free time using the internet.像许多女孩子一样，大多数男孩子也把大量空闲时间花在上网。
      • The girls particularly enjoy using social networking websites. Similarly, nearly all the boys said they spent at least two to three hours a week on these sites.女生们特别喜欢上社交网站。同样，几乎所有男生都说他们每周在这些网站上花的时间至少有两到三个小时。
    Extra Examples
    • a comparison with other schools与其他学校的比较
    • a comparison of unemployment rates over the past 15 years过去 15 年失业率的比较
    • a comparison between figures for last year and this year去年与今年数字的对比
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • favourable/​favorable
    • unfavourable/​unfavorable
    • fair
    • …
    verb + comparison
    • draw
    • make
    • perform
    • …
    preposition
    • by comparison (with)
    • for comparison
    • in comparison to
    • …
    phrases
    • a basis for comparison
    • a point of comparison
    • for the purposes of comparison
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French comparesoun, from Latin comparatio(n-), from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.
Idioms
by comparison
  1. used especially at the beginning of a sentence when the next thing that is mentioned is compared with something 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。
    • His problems seemed trivial by comparison.相比之下，他的问题显得微不足道。
by/in comparison (with somebody/something)
  1. when compared with somebody/something（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。
    Extra Examples
    • The glasses are small in comparison with the old ones.与旧杯子相比这些杯子小一些。
    • Jane is still quite young, and Fiona seems old by comparison.简还相当年轻，而菲奥娜比起来就显得老。
pale beside/next to something | pale in/by comparison (with/to something) | pale into insignificance
  1. to seem less important when compared with something else相形见绌；显得逊色
    • Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.去年的骚乱与最近这次暴乱相比，可说是小巫见大巫。
    • Our problems pale into insignificance when compared to theirs.与他们的问题相比，我们的问题显得微不足道。
there’s no comparison
  1. 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。

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