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compare1．vt. 比较；对照。如：Compare your answers with those at the back of the book to see if they are right.把你的答案同书后面的答案对照一下，看看是否正确。My handwriting can not be compared with my father’s.我的书法不能与我父亲的相比。If you compare the two books, you will see that this one is better.如果你比较一下这两本书，你会发现这一本好一些。2．vt. 喻为；比拟。如：Man’s life is often compared do a candle.人生常被比为蜡烛。Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.莎士比亚把人世比做舞台。3．comparison n． 比较；对照。如：He looks older by comparison.比较起来，他显得老些。It is beyond（=out of）all comparison.这是无可比拟的。A critical comparison of Carlyle and Emerson就卡莱尔与爱默生（两人的信条或文学风格）而进行的比较与研究4．词组a fair comparison公正的比较a rough comparison粗略的比较a minute comparison详细比较tabular comparison比较表in comparison with that man与那人相比the basis of comparison比较的基础the countries under comparison相比的各国without（=beyond）comparison无与伦比comparison between nature and art自然与艺术之间的比较comparison of hands笔迹的比较the comparison of one thing to another一样东西比做另一样。如：The comparison of heart to a pump is a very common one.把心脏比成水泵是很常见的比喻。bear（=stand；sustain）a comparison with比得上，不差于challenge comparison with one’s predecessors向前任挑战draw a comparison between then把它们加以比较in/by comparison with与……比较A train is slow in comparison with a plane.同飞机比较，火车走得慢。特别提醒 compare…with…表示“把……与……相比（同类相比）”，compare…to…表示“把……比做……（异类相比，比喻）”。在表示“把……与……相比”时，compare…with与compare…to…皆可用，尤其是用在过去分词作状语的句子中。
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在英语教学中,我们经常会遇到一些用than和as表示差比与等比的比较句型.这类句型意思隐晦,学生较难理解与掌握.碰到这样的句型，通常应采用意译,揭示其内含的比较意义.1. better than 不致于……(后接动词不定式) She drives better than to fail in getting the driving licence. 她驾驶得好,决不致于拿不到驾驶证.2. better...than... “与其…,不如…” (better 和than 后接名词,形容词,动词.就事物性状或动作行为方面,作优劣比较,多见于格言和谚语.) Better the last smile than the first laughter. 笑得最后,笑得最好.3. no better than 简直是…, 实际上等于…(后接名词或从句) He is no better than a beggar. 他简直是个乞丐。4．not better than 顶多不过是… ,并不比…好 (后接名词)He is not better than a small clerk. 他顶多不过是个小职员。 5． no more than只，仅仅，只不过是，（后面接名词或数词）The street is no more than two miles long.这条大街只有两英里长。6． no more... than 和……一样不（后接名词或从句）Than前后都是否定的含义。A whale is no more a fish than a horse is. (= A whale is not a fish any more than a horse is.)鲸和马都不是鱼。(鲸之非鱼类，正如马之非鱼类。)7.no other than 只有，正是 (后接名词或动词不定式)。它常用来加强语气，多用于书面语。The murderer turned out to be no other person than the inspector himself.结果是，那个杀人犯不是别人，正是巡官自己。8．no less... than 和……一样，不逊于（后接名词或从句）。其中的than前后都是肯定的意思。This person is no less diligent than he used to be.这个人和从前一样勤奋。9． no less than 多达，竟有……之多，不下于（ 后接名词或数词）In the battle, the Red Army wounded were no less than twenty thousand.在这次战斗中，红军伤员不下两万人。10． other than不同于，除……之外 （后接名词）This crop doesn't do well in soils other than the one for which it has been specially developed.除了这块专门为它培育的土壤，这种作物在其它土壤上都生长不好。11．形容词与副词（比较级）＋than成功做某事而不失误，应意译，不可直译。（than后接动词不定式或从句）He works harder than to fail in the exam. 他学习努力，考试定能过关。12．as much as 尽可能…… （后接从句，从句谓语用情态动词 can/could） It was as much as he could do to help us. 他尽最大力量帮助我们。13. not so much…as 与其说是……，还不如说是…… （后接名词） He is not so much a scholar as a writer. 他与其说是学者，不如说是作家。
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这种结构又常演变成下列两类： 如： There are seven times as many people as I expected. 是我预料的人数的七倍。 There is five times as much coffee in this glass as in that one. 这个杯子里的咖啡是那个杯子里的五倍。 如： The hall is five times bigger than our classroom. 这个大厅的面积比我们教室大五倍。 如： This road is six times the length of that one. 这条路是那条路的六倍长。 The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one. 新扩建的广场为以前的四倍大。 如： The production is now three times what it was ten years ago. 现在的产量是十年前的三倍。 如： There are nine times more books in his bag than in yours. 他书包里的书比你书包里的书多九倍。 如： She’s twice/ double my age. 她的年龄是我的两倍。 The average income of the staff has been increased by 50 percent compared with last year. 与去年相比，该单位职工的收入已增加了50%。 He runs faster than me by three times. 他跑得比我快三倍。 8.1. 倍数在句中的位置一般放在第一个as前面或比较级前面或名词前面。 8.2. 用times表示倍数时，一般只限于表示包括基数在内的三倍或三倍以上的数。表示两倍可以用twice或double，一倍用once。 8.3 .... times＋more＋名词（可数, 不可数）＋than... There are four times more books in our library than in yours. 我们图书馆藏书（数量）是你们图书馆的四倍。（多三倍） We have produced twice more grain this year than we did last year. 我们今年生产的粮食比去年增长一倍。（是去年的两倍） 8.4 .... times＋over＋被比对象表示“增加……倍”。 如: The grain output in that village was twice over that of 1978. 那个村的粮食产量比一九七八年的增加了两倍。 8.5、用... ％（percent, per cent）＋up on＋被比对象 Altogether, more than 70 percent of the surface of our planet is covered by water.我们地球的表面百分之七十以上被水覆盖。 Our factory's output of TV sets in 1998 was 400％up compared with 1980. 1998年我们工厂电视机的产量与1980年相比增长 400％。 The industrial output of last year in our factory was 250％up on that of 2000. 我们工厂去年的工业产量比2000年增加了250％。（或增加两倍半） 8.6、用double表示倍数 The production is now double what it was ten years ago. 现在的产量是十年前的两倍。 The output has been doubled in the past five years. 过去五年中产量翻了一番。 8.7 英语中有些词表示特定的倍数， again 一倍 A equals B 一倍 half as much again 一倍半 double 两倍 treble/triple 三倍 quadruple 四倍 quintuple 五倍 sextuple 六倍 septuple 七倍 octuple 八倍 nonuple 九倍 decuple 十倍 8.8 使用by, compared with 等 Compared with last year， our coal output has increased by three times. 与去年相比，我们的煤产量增长了3 倍。(使用by...) The number of the students in our school has increased four times compared with 1980. 我们学校的学生人数比1980 年增加了3 倍。(使用compared with)
