compare/kəmˋpɛr; kəmˈpeə/v 1 [T] if you compare things, you examine them in order to find out how they are similar or different 比较: We went to different shops to compare prices. 我们到不同的商店比较了价格。compare sth with/to sth Compare this list with yours. 把这份清单和你的对比一下。Compared to me, Al is very tall. 与我相比﹐阿尔很高。a 5% increase compared with last year 与去年相比 5% 的增幅2 [I,T] if you compare two things, you say that they are similar in some way 与…相比〔表示两者有相似之处〕: compare sth to/with sth Critics have compared him to De Niro. 影评人把他与德尼罗相比。3 sth doesn’t/can’t compare (with sth) if something does not compare with something else, it is not as good, large etc 某物(和某物)不能相比: This CD doesn’t compare with his last one. 这张唱片不能和他上一张相比。4 compare notes (with sb) informal to talk to someone to find out if their experience of something is the same as yours【非正式】(与某人)交换意见