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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Long-term stock market investments have produced superior returns compared with cash deposits.
  股票市场长期投资的收益比现金存款要高。
• He's a pygmy when compared with great musicians.
  他和伟大的音乐家相比就成了侏儒。
• 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。
• Such roles are small beer compared with the fame she once enjoyed.
  和她曾经享有的名气相比，这样的角色真的算不了什么。
• 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。