Word · Frequency #773
Fully loadedcompare
比较
comparison
- 1.
Comparison.
比较。
- 2.
qualities that are comparable
可比较的性质
- 3.
An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
比较两个值或状态的指令。
可比性;比较指令;比较。;可比较的性质;比较两个值或状态的指令。
In use
The beauty of the sunset was beyond compare.
His skill in negotiation is without compare.
The quality of their service is beyond compare.
beyond compare
be beyond compare
Her singing voice is beyond compare.
她的歌喉无与伦比。
be without compare
The craftsmanship of this furniture is without compare.
这件家具的工艺无可比拟。
Common mistakes
I made a compare between the two options.
Connections
Collocations
- beyond compare
- 无与伦比;无可比拟
- Her beauty is beyond compare.她的美丽无与伦比。
- compare instruction
- 比较指令
- The compare instruction checks whether two values are equal.比较指令检查两个值是否相等。
Idioms & figurative uses
- beyond compare
- 无与伦比Her beauty is beyond compare.她的美貌无与伦比。
- without compare
- 无可比拟The craftsmanship of this watch is without compare.这款手表的工艺无可比拟。
Pop culture & quotes
- And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare.
- 然而,苍天在上,我认为我的爱人弥足珍贵,不亚于任何被虚假比较所歪曲的女子。From Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. Here 'compare' is a noun meaning 'comparison'. The speaker humorously rejects the exaggerated comparisons of love poetry and insists his beloved is just as rare as any woman praised through false comparisons.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
compare 后半段听起来像 pair(一对),把两个东西放在一起成对看异同,就是“比较”。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:formal writing、technical documentation 该词的名词义项使用语体因语境而异:在正式或文学写作中,多用于 beyond compare 等固定短语,表示“无可比拟”;在技术文档中则指“比较指令”。日常口语中一般用动词 compare,需根据语境判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在美式英语中,compare 读作 /kəmˈpɛr/,以上所有词都以 /-ɛr/ 押韵。注意:prepare 和 spare 与 compare 的结尾拼写都是 -pare;repair、despair 的 -air 和 aware、bare 的 -are 虽然拼写不同,读音仍相同。bare 和 aware 中的 -are 读 /ɛr/,不要误读成 car 里的 /ɑːr/。英式英语中这些元音读作 /ɛə/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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