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词组 compare
释义 compare
When you compare things, you consider them and discover their differences or similarities.
It's interesting to compare the two prospectuses.

When compare has this meaning, you can use either 'with' or 'to' after it. For example, you can say 'It's interesting to compare the new prospectus with the old one' or 'It's interesting to compare the new prospectus to the old one'.
...studies comparing Russian children with those in Britain.
I haven't got anything to compare it to.

Note that this use of 'to' used to be considered incorrect.

Compare has another meaning. You use it to say that one person or thing is said to be like another one.
As an essayist he is compared frequently to Paine and Hazlitt.
A dominant idea can be compared to a river that has cut deep into the landscape.

When you use compare like this, you must use 'to' after it. You do not use 'with'.

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