compare: [15] Compare comes via Old French comparer from Latin comparāre ‘couple, match’, a verb based on the adjective compar ‘equal’, a compound formed from the prefix com- ‘mutually’ and pār ‘equal’ (source of English pair, peer, and parity). The Latin derivative noun comparātiō gave Old French comparesoun and hence English comparison [14]. => pair, par, parity, peer
compare (v.)
late 14c., from Old French comparer (12c., Modern French comparer), from Late Latin comparare "to liken, to compare" (see comparison). Related: Compared; comparing. To compare notes is from 1708. Phrase without compare (attested from 1620s, but similar phrasing dates to 1530s) seems to be altered by folk etymology from compeer "rival."
雙語例句
1. He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
他給他的計算機編製了一套程序，以比較所有可能的組合。
來自柯林斯例句
2. How do the two techniques compare in terms of application?
這兩種手法實際運用起來哪個好一些？
來自柯林斯例句
3. The more recent conifer plantations cannot yet compare with the old woodlands.
年代較近的針葉樹林場還比不上年代久遠的林場。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Childcare facilities in Britain compare unfavourably with other European countries.
英國的保育設施與歐洲其他國家比起來相形見絀。
來自柯林斯例句
5. It's instructive to compare his technique with Alan Bennett's.