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com·par·i·son
/kəmˈpærəsən/
相比,對照,比較,比喻
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comparison
比較
From:
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comparison
比較
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Com·par·i·son
n.
1.
The
act
of
comparing
;
an
examination
of
two
or
more
objects
with
the
view
of
discovering
the
resemblances
or
differences
;
relative
estimate
.
As
sharp
legal
practitioners
,
no
class
of
human
beings
can
bear
comparison
with
them
.
--
Macaulay
.
The
miracles
of
our
Lord
and
those
of
the
Old
Testament
afford
many
interesting
points
of
comparison
.
--
Trench
.
2.
The
state
of
being
compared
;
a
relative
estimate
;
also
,
a
state
,
quality
,
or
relation
,
admitting
of
being
compared
;
as
,
to
bring
a
thing
into
comparison
with
another
;
there
is
no
comparison
between
them
.
3.
That
to
which
,
or
with
which
,
a
thing
is
compared
,
as
being
equal
or
like
;
illustration
;
similitude
.
Whereto
shall
we
liken
the
kingdom
of
God
?
Or
with
what
comparison
shall
we
compare
it?
--
Mark
iv
. 30.
4.
Gram.
The
modification
,
by
inflection
or
otherwise
,
which
the
adjective
and
adverb
undergo
to
denote
degrees
of
quality
or
quantity
;
as
,
little
,
less
,
least
,
are
examples
of
comparison
.
5.
Rhet.
A
figure
by
which
one
person
or
thing
is
compared
to
another
,
or
the
two
are
considered
with
regard
to
some
property
or
quality
,
which
is
common
to
them
both
;
e.g.
,
the
lake
sparkled
like
a
jewel
.
6.
Phren.
The
faculty
of
the
reflective
group
which
is
supposed
to
perceive
resemblances
and
contrasts
.
Beyond comparison
,
so
far
superior
as
to
have
no
likeness
,
or
so
as
to
make
comparison
needless
.
In comparison of
,
In comparison with
,
as
compared
with
;
in
proportion
to
. [
Archaic
]
“So
miserably
unpeopled
in
comparison
of
what
it
once
was.”
--
Addison
.
Comparison of hands
Law
,
a
mode
of
proving
or
disproving
the
genuineness
of
a
signature
or
writing
by
comparing
it
with
another
proved
or
admitted
to
be
genuine
,
in
order
to
ascertain
whether
both
were
written
by
the
same
person
. --
Bouvier
.
--
Burrill
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Com·par·i·son
,
v. t.
To
compare
. [
Obs
.]
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
comparison
n
1:
examining
resemblances
or
differences
[
syn
:
comparing
]
2:
relation
based
on
similarities
and
differences
3:
qualities
that
are
comparable
; "
no
comparison
between
the
two
books
"; "
beyond
compare
" [
syn
:
compare
,
equivalence
,
comparability
]
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