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。
• He compared my paper with hers.
  他拿我的作业与她的相比较。
• 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。
• His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting.
  同播出的实际开支相比较，他那点酬金不过是九牛一毛。
• What they owe to the Inland Revenue is small fry compared to the overall £ 1.2 million debt
  与120万英镑的总债务相比，他们所欠国内税收署的那点钱实在不算什么。
• 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。
• His progress at school had been unspectacular compared to his brother.
  和弟弟相比，他在学校里的进步很不起眼。
• 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。
• 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。
• I compared my answers with the teacher's and found I had made a mistake.
  我把我的答案和老师的对照一下，发现我有个地方错了。