compare

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kəmˈpɛə/|[kəmˈpɛː]|[kəmˈpɛə]|[kəmˈpeə]    美 /kəmˈpɛɚ/|[kəmˈpɛɚ]|[kəmˈpɛɹ]|[kəmˈpeɚ]|[kəmˈpeɹ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Comparison. uncountable
    — His mighty Champion, ſtrong above compare,
  2. An instruction or command that compares two values or states. countable
    — […] including addition and subtraction, memory operations, compares, shifts, logic operations, and condition operations.
  3. Illustration by comparison; simile. obsolete,uncountable
    — Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.
动词 v.
  1. To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y. transitive
    — Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
  2. To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"]. transitive
    — Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
  3. To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective). transitive
    — We compare "good" as "good", "better", "best".
  4. To be similar (often used in the negative). intransitive
    — A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.
  5. To get; to obtain. obsolete
    — To fill his bags, and richesse to compare.

词形变化

compares present,singular,third-person comparing participle,present compared participle,past compared past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template compare infinitive compare first-person,present,singular compared first-person,past,singular compare present,second-person,singular comparest archaic,present,second-person,singular compared past,second-person,singular comparedst archaic,past,second-person,singular compares present,singular,third-person compareth archaic,present,singular,third-person compared past,singular,third-person compare plural,present compared past,plural compare present,subjunctive compared past,subjunctive compare imperative,present - imperative,past comparing participle,present compared participle,past cp. alternative comp. alternative cmp alternative compares plural cp. alternative comp. alternative cmp alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
comparable compare and contrast compare and despair compare apples to apples compare apples with apples comparee compare notes comparingly incompared intercompare miscompare recompare uncompared beyond compare
相关词
comparand comparandum comparative comparison cf contrast

词源

词源 1
From Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”).
词源 2
From Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”).
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