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

• The cost was peanuts compared to a new kitchen
  与建新厨房相比，那笔费用微不足道。
• Some commentators compared his work to that of James Joyce
  有些评注者把他的作品与詹姆斯·乔伊斯的作品相提并论。
• They exchanged greetings, compared notes on their wives and families, and finally got down to business.
  他们互致问候，聊了聊家常，然后才言归正传。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The strength of an individual, as compared with that of the masses, is but a drop in the ocean.
  个人的力量和群众的力量相比，不过是沧海一粟。
• It covered the distance in 28 hours compared with the train's six days.
  它走这一段要用28小时，与之相比火车要用6天。
• 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。