1 PREP-PHRASE 与…相比;和…比起来 If you say, for example, that one thing is large or small compared with another or compared to another, you mean that it is larger or smaller than the other thing. 与…相比;和…比起来
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The room was light and lofty compared with our Tudor ones. [+ with]
跟我们都铎风格的房间比起来，这个房间显得素雅而大气。
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Columbia was a young city compared to venerable Charleston. [+ with]
与历史悠久的查尔斯顿相比，哥伦比亚是个年轻的城市。
2 PREP-PHRASE 相对…而言;对照 You talk about one situation or thing compared with another or compared to another when contrasting the two situations or things. 相对…而言;对照
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Women are smoking two extra cigarettes a week, compared with four years ago.
与四年前相比， 现在女性每周要多抽两支烟。
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In 1800 Ireland's population was nine million, compared to Britain's 16 million.
1800年，爱尔兰的人口数为900万，而英国则有1,600万。