comparison

1. N-VAR When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them. 比較

...a comparison of the Mexican and Guatemalan economies. …墨西哥與危地馬拉經(jīng)濟的比較。

Its recommendations are based on detailed comparisons between the public and private sectors. 其建議是以公有和私有部門之間的詳細比較為根據(jù)的。

2. N-COUNT When you make a comparison, you say that one thing is like another in some way. 相似對比

It is demonstrably an unfair comparison. 這顯然是一種不公平的相似對比。

3. PHRASE If you say, for example, that something is large or small in comparison with, in comparison to, or by comparison with something else, you mean that it is larger or smaller than the other thing. 相比之下

The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison. 相比之下人類燃燒煤、石油等活動所釋放的二氧化碳的量是少的。