/kəmˈpærɪsn ||; kəmˈpærəsṇ/noun
[C,U] an act of comparing; a statement in which people or things are compared 比较:
Put the new one and the old one side by side, for comparison.把新的和旧的摆在一起作比较。It's hard to make comparisons between two athletes from different sports.将不同种类运动的两名运动员作比较是很难的。by/in comparison (with sb/sth) when compared 和…相比:
In comparison with many other people, they're quite well off.比起很多人,他们的生活算宽裕的了。
comparison/kəmˋpærəsṇ; kəmˈpærəs$n or kəmˈpærIs$n/n 1 [C,U] when you compare things 比较﹐对照: +of a comparison of prices 价格的比较 in comparison (with/to sth) In comparison to other video games, this one isn’t very exciting. 与其他电子游戏相比﹐这个游戏不是很刺激。by comparison (with sth) His brother's crime was minor by comparison. 相比之下﹐他兄弟的罪行较轻。for comparison (with sth) These figures are provided for comparison with previous studies. 提供这些数据是用来和先前的研究进行比较。2 [C] a statement that something is like something else 比拟﹐比较: +between The article makes a comparison between the two poems. 这篇文章把这两首诗作了比较。The writer draws comparisons between the two men. 作者比较了这两人的共同点。3 there's no comparison spoken used when you think that one thing is much better than another【口】无法相比〔用于表示一物远比另一物好〕: There's no comparison between canned and fresh vegetables. 罐装蔬菜无法与新鲜蔬菜相比。
comparisoncomparisoncomparisonsnounlooking at or understanding how things are different or the same: It's hard to make comparisons between athletes from different sports.byor in comparison with somebodyor somethingwhen you compare two or more people or things: In comparison with many other people, they're quite rich.