n.
- 比较，对照；类似[C][U][（+between/with）]
- 比喻[C][U]
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His
comparison of the heart to a pump helped the children understand its action.
他将心脏比作打气筒（抽水机）有助于孩子们了解心脏的作用。
- 【语】（形容词或副词的）比较[U][C]
短语
by comparison
- 相比之下
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The old car suffers
by comparison.
旧汽车相形见绌。
in comparison with
- 与……相比
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He is quite tall
in comparison with his classmates.
与他的同学相比，他相当高。
bear/stand comparison with
- 比得上
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This is a good book, but it cannot
stand comparison with that one.
这本书很好，但是比不上那本。
beyond/out of all/without comparison
- 无与伦比
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Her looks are
beyond comparison.
她的美貌无与伦比。
辨析
n.
- an act of comparing.
▸the quality of being similar or equivalent.
- Grammar the formation of the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.
Phrase
- beyond comparison
another way of saying beyond compare (see compare).
Etymology
ME: from OFr. comparesoun, from L. comparatio(n-), from comparare (see compare).
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