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

• Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time
  比起上几辈人，我们有更多机会享受生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He compared the achievements of the British and the French during 1916 and concluded that the latter were better all around.
  他比较了1916年英国人和法国人的成就，结论是法国人在各方面都做得更好。