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

• He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother
  跟他哥哥一比，他不过是个小毛孩。
• The cost was peanuts compared to a new kitchen
  与建新厨房相比，那笔费用微不足道。
• 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。
• Compared with the long-standing friendship between the two countries, their boundary dispute is only an issue of a temporary and limited nature.
  两国之间的边界争论，比起两国的悠久友谊来说，是一个暂时性和局部性的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。