喜樂美語

核心畫面

Think of two things set side by side so the difference between them can be seen. Everything this word does comes from that act of putting one thing next to another: sometimes you are doing the comparing on purpose (a comparative study, comparative figures, the comparative form 'bigger'), and sometimes you are only signalling that a word like 'comfort' or 'newcomer' is being measured against something else rather than judged on its own.

可以想成把兩樣東西並排擺著，好讓兩者的差別自己顯出來。這個字所有的用法都從這個「並排」的動作長出來：有時候是你刻意在…更多收起可以想成把兩樣東西並排擺著，好讓兩者的差別自己顯出來。這個字所有的用法都從這個「並排」的動作長出來：有時候是你刻意在比（比較研究、可對照的數據、文法上由 big 變成 bigger 的那個形式），有時候只是提醒你——後面那個字（comfort 舒適、newcomer 新人）不是就它本身在講，而是拿另一個東西當尺量出來的。文法上的比較級大概是這個並排動作最乾淨的一個樣子：bigger 裡面永遠藏著一個「比誰大」。

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

comparativeadj/kəmˈpæɹətɪv/

  • 1

    Of or relating to comparison.

    • He gave us a comparative example to illustrate how the human mind works.
    • that kind of animals that have the comparative faculty, by which they compare things together, deliberate and resolve.
  • 2

    Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.

    • A comparative study between Homo Sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis.
    • comparative anatomy
  • 3

    Approximated by comparison; relative.

    • I've passed the test with comparative ease.
    • The Olympics, the weather and a comparative lack of heavyweight clashes so far this season have been cited as reasons for the drop in viewers.
  • 4

    obsoleteComparable; bearing comparison.

    • And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad's Narrative.

comparativenoun/kəmˈpæɹətɪv/

  • 1

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsThe degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).

  • 2

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsAn adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.

  • 3

    Data used to make a comparison.

    • Investment ratios are positive. Comparative or trend data are required to draw final conclusions. The absence of comparatives and trend data constrains the conclusions.
  • 4

    obsoleteAn equal; a rival; a compeer.

    • Gerrard ever was / His full comparative.
  • 5

    obsoleteOne who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.

    • Every beardless vain comparative.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。