Compare

(verb.) examine and note the similarities or differences of; 'John compared his haircut to his friend's'; 'We compared notes after we had both seen the movie'.

(verb.) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; 'We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans'; 'You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed'.

(verb.) to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb.

(verb.) be comparable; 'This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes'.

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• You would compare them, I said, to those invalids who, having no self-restraint, will not leave off their habits of intemperance? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But shall we compare Saracens to Christians? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• This led him to review the existing state of affairs (1780) and to compare it with the state of affairs during the decline of imperial Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Compare them with Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• How one person's abilities compare in quantity with those of another is none of the teacher's business. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• We may compare our different opinions. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• There is nothing in Latin to compare with the early descriptions of India and Siberia that are to be found in Chinese. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Compared with the vast gilded void of Mrs. Hatch's existence, the life of Lily's former friends seemed packed with ordered activities. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• To be man was as nothing compared to the possibilities of the creative mystery. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• When rotating at the rate of 788 revolutions in a minute, and lifting the water 19·4 feet, the greatest practical effect, compared with the power employed, was attained. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• For then you are dealing with living ideas: to search his text has its uses, but compared with the actual tradition of Marx it is the work of pedantry. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The motion, compared with that of an ordinary land engine, was thus inverted. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Notwithstanding the late hour, he turns over to the next page and goes on to write his deductions from this result as compared with those previously obtained. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But in the seaport and markets mingled men of every known race, comparing their religious ideas and customs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It's like his writing, faltered Meg, comparing it with the note in her hand. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Then comparing our original city, which was under a king, and the city which is under a tyrant, how do they stand as to virtue? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• In comparing, too, the poor man's situation with that of the great, there is (always according to Mr. Eaves) another source of comfort for the former. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The idea of comparing the market at Bruges with those of Dublin, although she had suggested it herself, caused immense scorn and derision on her part. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• There was a great comparing of papers, and turning over of leaves, by Fogg and Perker, after this statement of profit and loss. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• This constituted the completed invention of the telegraph, and on comparing the work of Profs. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He compares himself to a smith forced to begin at the beginning by fashioning tools with which to work. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Mr Mun compares this operation of foreign trade to the seed-time and harvest of agriculture. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Mr. Bucket compares the faces with one eye shut up, while Mr. Bagnet smokes in stolid satisfaction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• These he compares with Mr Wegg's leg; that gentleman looking on, as if he were being measured for a riding-boot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The man who compares grey with black, calls grey white; and the man who compares absence of pain with pain, calls the absence of pain pleasure. 柏拉图. 理想国.

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