| 单词 | comparison |
| 释义 | com·par·i·son 1. a. < a comparison of man to a monkey > — often used with beyond, without, or out of all in connection with something or someone so superior that likening to anything or anyone else is impossible < wealth beyond comparison > < out of all comparison the more beautiful of the two > b. < a comparison between American and British business procedures > < health record of rural areas … suffers by comparison with urban centers — Commonweal > 2. < points of comparison between the two authors are many > — used chiefly with a negative of something or someone decidedly inferior to another or of markedly unequal things or persons < his technique bears no comparison with that of any other artist > < no comparison between the firepower of modern and 19th century armies > 3. 4. obsolete Synonyms: < there can be no comparison between the intelligence of native-born and foreign-born until differences due to language difficulties have been eliminated > < a comparison of many children from diverse backgrounds would yield an understanding of the common characteristics of childhood > In a narrower use comparison means likening < a comparison to Sarah Bernhardt is flattering to any actress > and in yet another use it implies a judgment < parents should avoid comparisons between their children > contrast emphasizes difference intensified by physical nearness or by the association of the contrasting objects in an organic whole, a logical category, or an actual relationship < the contrast the neat bright doctor … made with the coltish countryfolk — R.L.Stevenson > < Rembrandt achieves his greatest effect by the contrast of light and dark > < the contrast between democracy and fascism > < Electra's character given in a moment by the sharp contrast to her sister — Edith Hamilton > antithesis implies comparison for the sake of revealing startling differences. But the objects of an antithesis always appear in pairs or sets of pairs; and antithesis suggests that the members of each pair are at opposite extremes or directly negate each other < the century-old antithesis of heavenly justice and earthly fallibility, sin and innocence, Heaven and Hell, God and the Devil dominate Melville's mind — Charles Weir > collation denotes a close and far-going comparison, especially a scrutiny of manuscripts, records, differing accounts or editions of a text, with the purpose of arriving at the most nearly complete, authentic, or true version of something said, written, or done < this collation is relevant … to the question of Seneca's influence upon language — T.S.Eliot > parallel implies a similarity in growth, development, or action between people or events separated in time or place, background, or origin < the controversy which raged as an earlier parallel to that which Darwin was to start later — W.E.Swinton > < the contribution of the Third Programme … is without parallel in the history of the art — Dyneley Hussey > |
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