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com.pare (obj) CONSIDER SIMILARITIESHkEm5peE5, $-pervto judge, suggest or consider that (something) is similar or of equal quality (to something else)比喻,比作The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade. [T]诗人把他恋人的舌头比作刀片。Still only twenty-five, she has been compared to the greatest dancer of all time. [T]她只有25岁,却被比作是有史以来最伟大的舞蹈家。People have compared me to Elizabeth Taylor. [T]人们把我比作伊丽莎白·泰勒。You can't compare the two cities--they're totally different. [T]你不能把这两座城市相比,它们是完全不同的。Instant coffee doesn't compare with/can't be compared with freshly ground coffee (=fresh coffee is much better). [I/T]速溶咖啡不能与新鲜磨出的咖啡相媲美。If some thing compares favourably with something else it is better than it.比…好,比得上The hotel compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year. [I]这家饭店比我们去年住的那家要好。"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate"(Shakespeare, Sonnet 18)“能不能让我来把你比拟作夏日?/你可是更加温和,更加可爱”(莎士比亚,十四行诗中的第十八首)
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