comparison
比较,比较法
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Definitions
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- : the act of comparing.
- : the state of being compared.
- : a likening; illustration by similitude; comparative estimate or statement.
- : Rhetoric. the considering of two things with regard to some characteristic that is common to both, as the likening of a hero to a lion in courage.
- : capability of being compared or likened.
- : Grammar. the function of an adverb or adjective that is used to indicate degrees of superiority or inferiority in quality, quantity, or intensity.the patterns of formation involved therein.the degrees of a particular word, displayed in a fixed order, as mild, milder, mildest, less mild, least mild.
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Examples
By comparison, the Biden campaign is projected to spent about $28 million this week, up from $27 million last week.
For comparison, the average American causes around 16 metric tons of emissions per year.
At Scripps Ranch High School, by comparison, students passed 1,058 AP tests.
For comparison, Whitney examined four other tusks, from Africa’s Karoo Basin, which would not have lost sunlight during winter.
Yet even that period paled in comparison against the 1950s and 1960s.
The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
I enjoyed it, but thought it paled in comparison to their debut.
For comparison, inmates at high-security federal prisons cost about $34,000 per year on average, as of 2012.
I was quite specifically talking about the comparison between playing Heimdall on one day, and playing Mandela on the next.
But in recent days, I've found Sarah Palin an even more apt comparison.
Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?
For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.