名詞 comparison:

1. examining resemblances or differences
   同義詞：comparing
2. relation based on similarities and differences
3. qualities that are comparable
   同義詞：compare, equivalence, comparability

1. In comparison with other students, Mike is more diligent.
   和其他學(xué)生相比，麥克更加勤勉一些。
2. We can only tell good from bad by comparison.
   我們可以通過(guò)比較來(lái)分辨好壞。
3. He is rather dull in comparison with others.
   和別人比較起來(lái)，他相當(dāng)遲鈍。

com.par.i.son

n.（名詞）

The act of comparing or the process of being compared.
比較：比較的行為或被比較的過(guò)程
A statement or estimate of similarities and differences.
相比：相似性和差別的敘述或估計(jì)
The quality of being similar or equivalent; likeness:
相似：相似或相同的性質(zhì)；類(lèi)似：
例句：
no comparison between the two books.
兩本書(shū)之間無(wú)比較

Grammar The modification or inflection of an adjective or adverb to denote the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees.
【語(yǔ)法】 詞尾變化：形容詞或副詞的修改或詞尾變化，以表示原級(jí)、比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)

來(lái)源：
Middle English comparisoun
中古英語(yǔ) comparisoun
from Old French comparaison
源自 古法語(yǔ) comparaison
from Latin compar3tiô compar3tiôn-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) compar3tiô compar3tiôn-
from compar3tus [past participle of] compar3re [to compare] * see compare
源自 compar3tus [] compar3re的過(guò)去分詞 [比較] *參見(jiàn) compare