com·par·a·tive

adjective

OPAL W

/kəmˈpærətɪv/

measured or judged by how similar or different it is to something else比较而言的；相对的 synonym relative
- Then he was living in comparative comfort (= compared with others or with his own life at a previous time).他那时生活比较舒适。
- The company is a comparative newcomer to the software market (= other companies have been in business much longer).就软件市场来说，这家公司相对而言就是新手了。
connected with studying things to find out how similar or different they are比较的；相比的
- a comparative study of the educational systems of two countries两国教育制度的比较研究
- comparative linguistics比较语言学
(grammar) relating to adjectives or adverbs that express more in amount, degree or quality, for example better, worse, slower and more difficult（形容词或副词）比较级的（如 better、worse、slower 和 more difficult） compare superlativeTopics Languagea2

Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin comparativus, from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.

com·par·a·tive

noun

/kəmˈpærətɪv/

(grammar)

the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses more in amount, degree or quality（形容词或副词的）比较级形式
- ‘Better’ is the comparative of ‘good’ and ‘more difficult’ is the comparative of ‘difficult’.better 是 good 的比较级；more difficult 是 difficult 的比较级。
compare superlativeTopics Languagea2
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin comparativus, from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.

单词	comparative
释义	com·par·a·tive adjective OPAL W /kəmˈpærətɪv/ /kəmˈpærətɪv/ measured or judged by how similar or different it is to something else比较而言的；相对的 synonym relative Then he was living in comparative comfort (= compared with others or with his own life at a previous time).他那时生活比较舒适。 The company is a comparative newcomer to the software market (= other companies have been in business much longer).就软件市场来说，这家公司相对而言就是新手了。 connected with studying things to find out how similar or different they are比较的；相比的 a comparative study of the educational systems of two countries两国教育制度的比较研究 comparative linguistics比较语言学 (grammar) relating to adjectives or adverbs that express more in amount, degree or quality, for example better, worse, slower and more difficult（形容词或副词）比较级的（如 better、worse、slower 和 more difficult） compare superlativeTopics Languagea2 Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin comparativus, from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’. com·par·a·tive noun /kəmˈpærətɪv/ /kəmˈpærətɪv/ (grammar) the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses more in amount, degree or quality（形容词或副词的）比较级形式 ‘Better’ is the comparative of ‘good’ and ‘more difficult’ is the comparative of ‘difficult’.better 是 good 的比较级；more difficult 是 difficult 的比较级。 compare superlativeTopics Languagea2 Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Latin comparativus, from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.
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