compare: [15] Compare comes via Old French comparer from Latin comparāre ‘couple, match’, a verb based on the adjective compar ‘equal’, a compound formed from the prefix com- ‘mutually’ and pār ‘equal’ (source of English pair, peer, and parity). The Latin derivative noun comparātiō gave Old French comparesoun and hence English comparison [14]. => pair, par, parity, peer
compare (v.)
late 14c., from Old French comparer (12c., Modern French comparer), from Late Latin comparare "to liken, to compare" (see comparison). Related: Compared; comparing. To compare notes is from 1708. Phrase without compare (attested from 1620s, but similar phrasing dates to 1530s) seems to be altered by folk etymology from compeer "rival."
实用例句
1. He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
他给他的计算机编制了一套程序，以比较所有可能的组合。
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2. How do the two techniques compare in terms of application?
这两种手法实际运用起来哪个好一些？
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3. The more recent conifer plantations cannot yet compare with the old woodlands.
年代较近的针叶树林场还比不上年代久远的林场。
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4. Childcare facilities in Britain compare unfavourably with other European countries.
英国的保育设施与欧洲其他国家比起来相形见绌。
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5. It's instructive to compare his technique with Alan Bennett's.
