詞彙精選：compare的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

比較

例句：

This view is beyond compare.

這景色無與倫比。

例句：

She was a storyteller beyond compare.

她是個無與倫比的講故事高手。

v.

比較，相比，對照 [I,T]

例句：

You just can't compare Mary with Chris.

你是無法把瑪莉和克里斯相比較的。

例句：

The teacher had us compare our answers with hers.

老師要我們比較我們與她的答案。

比擬，喻爲 [I,T]

例句：

I can only compare the experience to falling in love.

我只能把這段經歷比作墜入愛河。

例句：

We often compare the flow of electrical charges to the flow of water.

我們時常把電荷的流動比喻爲水的流動。

二、詞義辨析：

compare,compare to,compare with,contrast

這些動詞(短語)均含“比較”之意。compare側重比較兩個或更多東西的異同優劣，強調相同或類似之處。compare to指兩物有類似或相似之處，從而“把(一物)比作(另一物)。”compare with指“把……用……作比較”以便找出差異或好壞。contrast指比較兩個或更多東西之間的差異，側重不同點。

三、參考例句：

"Always, always compare rates."

“一定要比較價格。”

They compare shoes.

他們比較了鞋子。

Compare and contrast English with Chinese.

把英語和漢語進行比較和對比。

Compare the pronouns and possessive adjectives below.

比較以下的代名詞與所有格形容詞。

Compare the two illustrations in Fig 60.

比較圖60中的兩幅插圖。

My English cannot compare with his.

我的英文不如他。

Don't compare yourself to others.

不要拿自己和別人比。

Don't compare yourself to other people.

不要跟別人比。

This book cannot compare with that one.

這本書無法與那本相比。

But if you do compare yourself, compare yourself with people who have it worse than you.

如果真的要去比，那就把自己和比你差的人拿來比較吧。