comparable
/ˈkɒmpərəbl/adjective
1- (of a person or thing) able to be likened to another; similar（人, 事物）可比作…的; 相似的, 类似的：
the situation in Holland is comparable to that in England.
荷兰的情形和英国的相似。
1.1
- of equivalent quality; worthy of comparison相当的; 比得上的, 可相比的：
nobody is comparable with this athlete.
没人可与这个运动员相比。
USAGE
The correct pronunciation in standard English is with the stress on the first syllable rather than the second: comparable, not comparable.
派生词
comparability
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin comparabilis, from the verb comparare （see COMPARABLE）.