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One way to picture compare: two things put side by side so you can see where they match and where they part. Once they are side by side, a second question follows on its own — which one comes out better? That is where most of the fixed phrases with compare come from.

可以想成 compare 是把兩樣東西並排放好，看看哪裡一樣、哪裡不一樣。一旦並排了，第二個問題就自己跑出來：哪一邊…更多收起可以想成 compare 是把兩樣東西並排放好，看看哪裡一樣、哪裡不一樣。一旦並排了，第二個問題就自己跑出來：哪一邊比較好？compare 那些固定說法，多半就是從這個「誰勝誰負」的問題長出來的。

From the picture

只活在固定說法裡

這幾個都還是「並排比一比」，但意思要靠整組句型才成立：拆掉那個外殼，compare 就退回單純的「比較」。

not as good as · verb · B1

If something cannot compare with another thing, it is not nearly as good, big, or nice as it.

比不上

Also in this word

compare things · verb · B1

To look at two or more things or people to see how they are the same or different.

比較

in comparison to · verb · B1

Used, usually as 'compared to' or 'compared with', to show how big, good, or much one thing is next to something similar.

相比之下

measure up to · verb · B1

To be as good as, better than, or worse than something else.

比得上；相比

原始詞典資料8 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。

compareverb/kəmˈpɛɚ/

  • 1

    To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.

    • Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra.
    • You can't compare my problems and yours.
  • 2

    To declare two things to be similar in some respect [“to compare X to Y”].

    • Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs.
    • Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
  • 3

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsTo form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

    • We compare “good” as “good”, “better”, “best”.
  • 4

    To be similar (often used in the negative).

    • A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare.
    • Shall pack-horses[…]compare with Caesar's?
  • 5

    obsoleteTo get; to obtain.

    • To fill his bags, and richesse to compare.

comparenoun/kəmˈpɛɚ/

  • 1

    Comparison.

    • His mighty Champion, ſtrong above compare,
    • Their small galleys may not hold compare with our tall ships.
  • 2

    computingengineeringmathematicsAn instruction or command that compares two values or states.

    • […] including addition and subtraction, memory operations, compares, shifts, logic operations, and condition operations.
    • 2013, Paolo Bruni, Carlos Alberto Gomes da Silva Junior, Craig McKellar, Managing DB2 for z/OS Utilities with DB2 Tools Solution Packs It is always advisable to run a compare between your source and target environments. This should highlight whether there are differences in the lengths of VARCHARs and then the differences can be corrected before you clone.
  • 3

    obsoleteIllustration by comparison; simile.

    • Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.

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。