compare_to与compare_with的区别

compare to与compare with的区别

■compare...with...把……和……比较(常表示同类相比，比较)

compare...to...把……比作……(常表示异类相比，比喻)

①Let's compare this article with that one. 让我们把这篇文章和那篇文章作一下比较。

②The heart is often compared to a pump. 心脏常被比作水泵。

■compare的过去分词短语形式用作状语时, 不管同类还是异类, compared with和compared to都可以用。例：

Compared with/to western countries, China uses materials very carefully. 和西方相比,中国使用物资很节省。

■ compare ...with...有时相当于compare ...and...

当涉及考察两个相象的事物以辨别他们的相似或差别时，它取with ：

The police compared the forged signature with the original.

将伪造的签名与原来的作比较。

You should only compare like with like.

只应在同类事物中作比较。

You just can't compare Tom and Bryan.

你无法比较汤姆和布莱恩。

You just can't compare Hawaii and Alaska.

你压根儿没法把夏威夷同阿拉斯加相比。

This one cannot compare with that one.

这个与那个无比较。

Walking can't compare with flying.

走路比不上飞

■当它涉及描述不同事物相似性的活动时，Compare 常用介词 to ：

He compared her to a summer day.

他将她比为夏天。

Scientists sometimes compare the human brain to a computer.

科学家有时将人脑比作电脑。

compare…with; compare…to; compared with／to

■compare…with意为“把……与……相比”，侧重指两者间的区别。

如：Compare this car with that one, and you will find the differences between

them．

把这辆汽车与那辆汽车相比较，你就会发现它们之间的区别。

■compare…to…意为“把……比作……”，着重注意两者间的相似点。如：

This song compares our country to a big family．这首歌把我们的国家比作一个大家庭。

■compare既可以单独用作及物动词，也可用作不及物动词。用作不及物动词时，以compare with…形式出现，表示“与……相比”。如：

Living here can’t compare with living in Shanghai．在这儿生活不能和在上海（生活）相比。

If you compare the two words， you can tell the difference between them．

如果你比较这两个单词，你就会辨别出它们之间的不同。

■compared with…和compared to…都可用作状语，意义基本相同，可互换。如：

Compared to／with him， you are lucky． 与他相比，你是幸运的。

It was a small town then， compared to／with what it is now． 和现在比起来，那时它还是个小镇。