单词 | comparative comfort/freedom/wealth etc |
释义 | comparative comfort/freedom/wealth etccomparative comfort/freedom/wealth etc comfort, freedom, wealth etc that is quite good when compared to how comfortable, free, or rich etc something or someone else is 相对的舒适/自由/富裕等 SYN relative After a lifetime of poverty, his last few years were spent in comparative comfort. 他穷了一辈子,最后几年还算过得比较舒适。 She didn’t want to leave the comparative safety of the shelter. 她不愿离开相对来说还算安全的掩蔽处。 Examples from the Corpus comparative safety• Forster slithered to Delaney and got a grip, pulling him back to comparative safety.• Had she locked herself in a place of comparative safety?• Just as they reached the top and comparative safety, Lilley yelled for everyone to bale out.• He was ridden down before he could reach the comparative safety of his parsonage at Yateley.• I saluted him and then made my way back to the farmyard and the comparative safety of the farm buildings.• New ideas can be bounced around in the comparative safety of the governors' meeting and reactions gauged.• She shivered, and was glad to gain the comparative safety of the open area in the centre.• From a place of comparative safety she was able to observe as Joe pushed his way onward, unaware of her move. → comparative comfort/freedom/wealth etc at comparative1(1) |
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