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称）[C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people who work or perform together 剧团；演出团：a
t/ieatre/dance, etc. company 剧团、# 蹈团■等◊ the Royd Shakespeare Company皇家莎士比亚戏剧_
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BEING WITH SB 与某人在一起 3
[U] the fact of being with sb else and not alone 陪伴；做伴：I enjoy Jo^ company (=I enjoy being
with'her).鉍善欢和乔在一起。◊ She enjoys her own company (= being by herself) when she is traveling,她喜爱紅自‘行。◊ 77ie chiWren are ve;y good company (= pleasant to be with) at th.is age.和■这 个年龄的涂子在起很开心。◊ a pieascmt evening in the company 〇//riends与朋友r-起度过的愉快夜晚◊ He’s coming with me/or
company.他要陪伴我一起来。
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[U] (/omjfl/) guests in your house 宾客■; 来宾：J di&nY reaZize you had company.我不知你有 客人。
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GROUP OF PEOPLE 群人 5 [U] (/orma/) a group of people together 在一起的一群人：She toW the assemWed
compcmy what had happened•她把发生的事告诉了聚会
的人6: 〇 It is bad manners to whisper in company (= in a group of people).在众人面前备窃私语i不礼貌的
行为。 .
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SOLDIERS 士兵 6 [C+sing./pl.
v.] a group of soldiers that is part of a battalion
■连队’
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the 'company sb keeps the people that sb
spends time with某人所交往的人；伙伴；与之为伍
的人：Judging' by the company he kept, Mark must
have been
a u/eaithy man.根据马克所交往的人来判断，他
一定是位富翁。get into/keep bad ’com+pany
to
be friends with people that others disapprove of 与坏人交 往 in
company vyith sb/sth (/bmjfl/) together with or at the same
time as sb/sth 与…:一，起.；与‘….同时：She arrived in company
with the ship^ captain. —
起到达。◊ rhe t/S doHar went, through, a d妨cuit time, in company
with the oii market.美元与石.油命场同.财经 历了艰难时期。in good 'company if you say that sb is in
good company, you mean that they should not worry about a mistake, etc. because
sb else, especially sb more important, has done the same thing (表示木 必为错误等担忧，因为他人，尤其是更重要的人）也犯M 同样的错误 keep
sb _company to
stay with sb so that they are .not alone 做伴；陪伴：III keep you company while you’re waiting.知等待时我会陪伴你。two’s ■company
(, three’s a 'crowd广(say/>7gj used to suggest that it is better to be
in a group of only two people than have a third person with you as well 两人成伴（三
人太多 —more at part v” present
company 'car noun a car which is provided
by the company that you work for (为工作人员提供的K公司车
.company
.sergeant 'major noun an officer of middle rank in the army 连军士长
com.par.able
/.kmnpM^bl;
MAmf ’ka:m-/ 0办〜■ (to/ with sb/sth) similar to sb/sth else and
able to be compared 类似的；亩比较的：A compamWe house i'n the south o少 the
city woukf cost twice as much•—栋类似 的房子位于城南部就要贵一倍的价钱。◊ TTie situation fn the
C7S is not dfrectZy comparabZe to that i’n the t/K 美国 的情况与英国的不能直接相比。◊*!月dtionisnmvata rate comparable with
that in other European countries. 现在通货膨胀率已经和欧洲其他国家的差.不多了丨^«>111- par-abil.ity AkDmp9r9_bil9ti; _ka:m-/ /roirn [U]:
Each group will have the same set of questions, in
order to
ensure comparab出为确保可比性，每一组将得到一
套同样的问题。
com-para-tive
/kam'paerativ/
adj.,
noun adj. 1
connected with studying things to find out how similar or different they are 比较的；相比的： a comparative study of the educational
systems of two countries两国f[育—度的比较研究◊ comparative
h'nguistics 比较语賓学 2
measured or .judged by how similar or different it is.to sth else 比较而言的；泽目对的
relative ： Then he was living in
comparative comfort (= compared with others or with his own
life at a previous time).他那时生活比较舒适。◊ rfte company is a
comparative newcomer to the software market (= other companies have
been in business much longer).就软件市场来说，这家公司相对而言就
是新手了。3 (gramma/•语法）relating to
adjectives or adverbs that express more in amount, degree or quality, for
example better, worse, slower and more d/Xf/a/k 比较级的.（如 better、worse、slower .和 piore difficult) — compare superlative
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noun {grammar the
form of an adjective or adverb that expresses more:in amount, degree or
quality'■(形 容词或副词的)比较级垮式：‘Better’ is the comparative of 'good' and 'more
difficult，is the comparative of ‘d断cuZf’. * better 是 good
的比较级；more difficult difficult 的比较级^ —
compare superlative
com.parative linguistics noun M the study of how related
languages are similar and different, especially in order to discover things
about a language that both these languages came from, and that no longer exists
比较语言
c〇m-para-tive-ly /kam'paeratrvli/ adv. as compared to sth/sb
else 比:较’上:.；相对地 H771
relatively ： The unit is
comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate.这种设备比较容易安装而且甩起来便宜。◊ He died comparatively
young
(= at a younger age than most people die).他死.时年纪并不大。◊ compararivdy /ew/Zow/rare/recent比蝰> /砝/牵见；时间上相对较
近的
COItl
pcll*e Oti /kam'pea^); NAmE -'per/ verb, noun
_
verft V cf.，cp.) [VN】〜A and B | 〜A with/to B to
examine people or things to see
how they are similar an,d how they are different 比较；对比：It is interesting to compare their
situation cmci ours•把他们的状况与我 的 +1._比裉有意思。〇 We
compared the two reports care^Zy, _们#细地比钕了两个报告。◊ V^e care九Hy compared the first
report with the second.
了第一份报告和第二份报告。9 My own proWems seem
fnsigmyiicant compared with other peop〖e’s.'与别人的问 题相比，我自的问题算不得什么。◊Standards m health care have
improved enormously compared to 40 yeac呢〇.与40年前相比，卫生保健的水平得到了极大提
高。2 [V] ~ with/to sb/sth to be similar to sb/sth
else, either better or worse _…类似（或相似）：This schooZ compares with the best
in the country (= it is as good as them)•这所学校可与全国最好的学校媲美。◊ TTiis house doesn't compare with
our previous one (= it is not as good).这房子比不上我们以前的。◊ J’ve had some difficulties, but they
were nothing compared to yours (=they were not nearly as bad
as yours).我遇到了 一些困难，但与你的困难比起来就算不上什么了。 ◊
Their prices compare favourably with those of their competitors.他们的价格比竞争者的要优惠。3 [VN】〜A to B to
show or state that sb/sth is similar to sb/sth else表明…与…相似；将…比The critics compared his worfc to that
o/Martin Amis.评论家把他的作品和马
丁 •埃米斯的相ft并论。compare notes (with sb) if two or more people compare notes, they each say what they think about the
same event, situation, etc.(与… > 交换看法（或意见等}
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noun IHTB1 beyond/without com'pare {literary) better than anything
else of the same kind 无与伦由；举世 无双 _
COITI-pari-SOn
f>"w /kam'paBrisn/ noun
1
[U] ~ (with sb/sth) the process of
comparing two or more people or things.比较：Comparison with other
oil-producing countries is extremely interesting,
油生产国作t比较是很有意思的。◊ J endose the two pZans/or comparison.兹附上两份计划以供比较。◊ 77ie education system bears/stands no comparison with that in many
Eastern European countries (= it is not as good).这种教育制度比不上许多东欧茵家的教育制度。
[C]〜.(of A and/to/with B) | 〜（between A and B) an occasion when two or
more people or things are compared 对比；相比：a comparison 〇/ the systems fn Britain and France英国和法国铁命系统的较◊ comparisons between
Britain and the rest of Europe ^ ® 与僅洲其他国家之间的比较◊ a compamo/i 〇/ men’s saZaries with those 〇/ women 男女'工食的比较◊ It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book—are comp〖ete〖y di；jferent.这很难与她以前
的书相比一一两者是截然不同的。◊ Fou can draw comparisons with the situation in