我们一起来看看compare这个词的用法:
compare…with; compar…to; compared with/to
compare…with意为“把……与……相比”,侧重指两者间的区别。
如:Compare this car with that one, and you will find the differences between them.
把这辆汽车与那辆汽车相比较,你就会发现它们之间的区别。
compare…to…意为“把……比作……”,着重注意两者间的相似点。如:
This song compares our country to a big family.这首歌把我们的国家比作一个大家庭。
compare既可以单独用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作不及物动词时,以compare with…形式出现,表示“与……相比”。如:
Living here can’t compare with living in Shanghai.在这儿生活不能和在上海(生活)相比。
If you compare the two words, you can tell the difference between them.
如果你比较这两个单词,你就会辨别出它们之间的不同。
compared with…和compared to…都可用作状语,意义基本相同,可互换。如:
Compared to/with him, you are lucky. 与他相比,你是幸运的。
It was a small town then, compared to/with what it is now. 和现在比起来,那时它还是个小镇。
附:.表示“把……与……比较”,通常用 compare……with……,但在现代英语中,也可用 compare……to……,或者用 compare……and……。如:
If you compare his work with [and] hers, you’ll find hersis much better. 要是把他俩的工作比较一下,就会发现她的好得多。
Having compared the new dictionary with [to] the old one, he found the new one more helpful. 将新旧词典比较之后,他发现新词典更有用。
Compared with [to] many women, she was indeed veryfortunate. 和许多女人相比,她的确算是很幸运的了。