【compare音标】 英[kəmˈpeə(r)] 美[kəmˈper]
【单词释义】 compare是什么意思：
vt.&vi.比较，对照
vt.比拟，喻为；[语]构成
vi.相比，匹敌；比较，区别；比拟（常与to连用）
n.比较
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] compares
[单词现在分词] comparing
[单词过去式] compared
[单词过去分词] compared
【关联词/派生词】
comparative adj. 比较的；相对的 n.比较级
comparison n.比较，对照；比较级
comparable adj.可比较的；比得上的
comparatively adv. 比较地，相对地
【compare形近词/近似词】
declare v.宣布；声明
ensnare vt.诱捕；使入陷阱；使入圈套
square n.正方形；广场 adj.平方的；正方形的 v.使成正方形；使成直角；使成平方
nightmare n.噩梦；梦魇；可怕的经历 adj.可怕的，噩梦似的
prepare v.准备；预备；防范
【单词例句】
◇ They were certainly far handsomer than those Dame Shoemaker had made for little Karen. Nothing in the world can be compared with red shoes.
比起那个女鞋匠为小珈伦做的那双鞋来，这双鞋当然是漂亮得多。世界上没有什么东西能跟红鞋比较！
---- The Red Shoes
◇ Progress in kicking the habit is uneven, with the Americas the only region set to meet the target of a 30 percent reduction in tobacco use by 2025 compared to 2010, for both men and women, the WHO said.
世卫组织说，各国在控烟方面进展不一，与2010年相比，美洲是唯一一个将在2025年前实现男性和女性的烟草使用量降低30%的地区。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ Sure, you can always reach for a glass of water -- but plain H20 isn't the most hydrating beverage around, according to a study from Scotland's St. Andrews University that compared the hydration responses of several different drinks.
当然，你总是可以喝水的——但是根据苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学的一项研究，白水并非最解渴的饮料。这项研究将几种不同饮料的解渴功效做了对比。
---- Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn't water
◇ It turns out that women who took about 4,000 steps per day got a boost in longevity, compared with women who took fewer steps. "It was sort of surprising," Lee says.
结果表明，每天走大约4000步的女性比每天步数少于4000步的女性长寿。“这有点令人惊讶，”李依敏说。
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ In fact, people who run for less than an hour a week - as long as they get in those few minutes each day - see similar benefits in terms of heart health compared to those who run more than three hours per week.
实际上，每周跑不到一小时（只要他们能每天都跑几分钟）给心脏健康带来的益处和每周跑三小时以上的差不多。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ They also had blood tests to measure several inflammatory biomarkers, which indicate how much plaque has built up in the blood vessels, and whether people are at risk of heart attack or stroke. The results showed that these inflammatory markers had significantly reduced compared with the control group.
这些人还抽血检测了几个炎症生物指标，这些指标能显示出血管中积聚了多少斑块，以及是否有心脏病发作或中风的风险。结果显示，相比对照组，这些人的炎症指标都显著降低。
---- Study finds laughter is good for heart health
◇ China is the world's biggest online shopping market with more than half of its population making at least one smartphone purchase per month, according to professional services firm PwC. This compares to 14 percent in the rest of the world.
普华永道会计师事务所称，中国有全球最大的网购市场。有超过半数的民众每月至少用手机购物一次。而世界其他地方只有14%的人每月用手机购物一次以上。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ New Zealanders work an average of 1,752 hours a year, making them close to average compared with their OECD peers. Germans spend the least amount of time working annually, closely followed by Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, while Mexicans, Koreans and Costa Ricans clock the most.
新西兰人每年平均工作1752个小时，接近经济合作与发展组织其他成员国的平均水平。德国人每年的平均工作时间是最短的，其次是丹麦人、挪威人和荷兰人，而墨西哥人、韩国人和哥斯达黎加人的工作时间是最长的。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ But only 14% of plastic packaging is collected for recycling. The reuse rate is terrible compared to other materials -- 58% of paper and up to 90% of iron and steel gets recycled.
但是，全球只有14%的塑料袋得以回收利用。纸张再用率为58%，而钢铁的循环使用率可高达90%，相较于这些资源，塑料的再使用情况则相当糟糕。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ There are currently three major television broadcast standards,and they are all incompatible with each other.But this is nothing compared to the many technologies supporting the Internet,each with a different bandwidth and physical media.
当前有三大主要电视广播标准是互不相容的。他们都无法跟许多支持网络的技术相比，他们各自有不同的宽带和物理介质。