comparison
noun[CorU]
uk/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/comparisonnoun[C or U](EXAMINING DIFFERENCES)
B2
theactofcomparingtwo or morepeopleor things:
比较，对照，对比Theymade acomparison of differentcountries'eatinghabits.他们对不同国家的饮食习惯作了一番比较。
By/IncomparisonwiththeFrench, the Britisheatfarlessfish.与法国人相比，英国人吃鱼要少得多。
- You can't reallydrawa comparison between the twocases- they'reentirelydifferent.
- IthoughtI wasbadlytreatedbut myexperiencespalein comparison with yours.
- It was atamefilmin comparison to some that she's made.
- Thefamilyemigratedto New Zealand in 1949, whichseemedawonderlandin comparison with post-warEngland.
Comparing and contrasting
- analogy
- antithesis
- apple
- as againstidiom
- balance
- balancesomethingagainstsomething
- comparative
- competitively
- contradistinction
- contrast
- contrastive
- cross-reference
- gold standard
- measure
- perspective
- relative
- relatively
- relativist
- self-differentiation
- stack up
comparisonnoun[C or U](CONSIDERING SIMILARITIES)
B2
thefactofconsideringsomethingsimilaror ofequalqualityto somethingelse:
相提并论，认为…和…相似Shedrewacomparisonbetweenlifein thearmyandlifeinprison.她把军队生活比作坐牢。
To mymindthere's nocomparison between the tworestaurants(= one is muchbetterthan the other).在我心目中，这两家饭店根本不能相比。
He's a goodwriterbut he doesn'tbear/standcomparisonwithShakespeare(= he is notnearlyas good as Shakespeare).他是位好作家，但无法与莎士比亚相提并论。
Comparing and contrasting
- analogy
- antithesis
- apple
- as againstidiom
- balance
- balancesomethingagainstsomething
- comparative
- competitively
- contradistinction
- contrast
- contrastive
- cross-reference
- gold standard
- measure
- perspective
- relative
- relatively
- relativist
- self-differentiation
- stack up
Grammar
Comparison: adjectives (bigger,biggest,more interesting)
Comparative adjectives compare one person or thing with another and enable us to say whether a person or thing has more or less of a particular quality:…Comparative and superlative adjectives
Comparative adjectives compare one person or thing with another and enable us to say whether a person or thing has more or less of a particular quality:…Comparative and superlative adjectives: form
To form the comparative, we use the -er suffix with adjectives of one syllable:…Comparative adjectives: usingmuch,a lot,far, etc.
We can strengthen or emphasise a comparative adjective using words such as much, a lot, far, even or rather, or by using than ever after the adjective:…Comparative adjectives: usingthan
We use than when we mention the second person or thing in the comparison. If the second person mentioned takes the form of a personal pronoun, we normally use the object form of the pronoun (me, you, him, her, us, them):…Comparative adjectives: -erand-er,more and more
To talk about how a person or thing is changing and gaining more of a particular quality, we can use two -er form adjectives connected by and, or we can use more and more before an adjective. We don’t follow such comparisons with than:…Comparative adjectives:the -er, the -erandthe more …, the more…
If a person or things gains more of a particular quality and this causes a parallel increase of another quality, we can repeat the + a comparative adjective:…Reduced forms after comparatives
After than, we often don’t repeat subject pronouns with impersonal subjects, or auxiliary verbs with passive voice verbs:…Lessandnot as/not sowith comparatives
We use less with longer adjectives (interesting, beautiful, complicated), but we don’t normally use less with short adjectives of one syllable (big, good, high, small). Instead we use not as … as …, or not so … as … Not as is more common than not so:…Prepositions after superlative adjectives
We don’t normally use of before a singular name of a place or group after a superlative adjective:…Thewith superlative adjectives
When a superlative adjective is followed by a noun, we normally use the:…Other determiners with superlative adjectives
Before a superlative adjective, we can use a possessive determiner (my, his, their), or the + a number (two, three, first, second), or a possessive determiner + a number:…Emphasising superlative adjectives
We can make a superlative adjective stronger with by far, easily or of all:…To-infinitives after superlative adjectives
We can use a to-infinitive after a superlative adjective, with a meaning similar to a relative clause with who, which or that:…Comparative adjectives: typical errors
A comparative adjective is followed by than, not that or as:…Comparison: adverbs (worse, more easily)
Adverbs do not normally change in form, but a few have comparative and superlative forms. These are usually short adverbs and so they normally have comparative and superlative forms with -er and -est.…Adverbs: comparative and superlative forms
Adverbs do not normally change in form, but a few have comparative and superlative forms. These are usually short adverbs and so they normally have comparative and superlative forms with -er and -est.…Adverbs withmoreandmost
Adverbs with two or more syllables form the comparative and superlative with more and most:…Wellandbadly
The adverb well has the same comparative and superlative forms as the adjective good (better, best). The adverb badly has the comparative and superlative forms worse, worst:…Comparative adverbs: usingthan
When we mention the second person or thing in the comparison, we use than. We do not use that or as. If the second person mentioned takes the form of a personal pronoun, we normally use the object form of the pronoun (me, you, him, her, us, them):…Comparison: clauses (bigger than we had imagined)
The second part of a comparison (underlined) is often a clause:…Comparison: comparisons of equality (as tall as his father)
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