compared

英 [kəmˈpeəd]

美 [kəmˈperd]

adj.  比较的，对照的

过去分词：compared　

柯林斯词典

• PREP-PHRASE 与…相比;和…比起来
  If you say, for example, that one thing is large or smallcompared withanother orcompared toanother, you mean that it is larger or smaller than the other thing.
  1. The room was light and lofty compared with our Tudor ones...
     跟我们都铎风格的房间比起来，这个房间显得素雅而大气。
  2. Columbia was a young city compared to venerable Charleston.
     与历史悠久的查尔斯顿相比，哥伦比亚是个年轻的城市。
• PREP-PHRASE 相对…而言;对照
  You talk about one situation or thingcompared withanother orcompared toanother when contrasting the two situations or things.
  1. Women are smoking two extra cigarettes a week, compared with four years ago...
     与四年前相比， 现在女性每周要多抽两支烟。
  2. In 1800 Ireland's population was nine million, compared to Britain's 16 million.
     1800年，爱尔兰的人口数为900万，而英国则有1,600万。

双语例句

• Our work can be compared to a battle.
  我们的工作好比一场战斗。
• The average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too badly off.
  日本每周平均工作时间为42.3小时，和英国的每周41.6小时相比，他们的情况并不算太糟。
• Women are smoking two extra cigarettes a week, compared with four years ago
  与四年前相比，现在女性每周要多抽两支烟。
• They compared how these organisms behaved when left in contact with different materials
  他们比较了与不同材料接触时这些生物体的反应。
• The basketball players of the two countries got together and compared notes after the match.
  两国篮球运动员在比赛后聚在一起，切磋球艺。
• The cost pales into insignificance when compared with the damage done to his reputation
  与对他声誉造成的损伤相比，这一代价就变得微不足道了。
• So few teenage Britons stay on at school, compared with the rest of Europe
  和欧洲其他国家相比，英国留在学校继续学习的青少年寥寥无几。
• Emerald starlings are fairly small when compared with other such birds.
  与同类的其他鸟相比，翠辉椋鸟要小很多。
• Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time
  比起上几辈人，我们有更多机会享受生活。
• Compared with her achievements, her shortcomings are, after all, only secondary.
  她的缺点同她的成绩相比，毕竟是第二位的。