compare

比較する、比べる

二つ以上のものを見て、共通点や違いを調べる。

やさしい英語で： To look at two or more things to see how they are alike or different.

• Compare the two pictures.
• We compared prices before buying the tickets.
• How does this year’s result compare with last year’s?

使い方： compare A with B (Compare this answer with your first one.); compare A to B (She compared the new model to the old one.)

類義語： collate

よく使う表現： compare prices, compare with something, compare notes

匹敵する

質や価値が他のものと同じくらいである。

やさしい英語で： To be similar in quality or value to something else.

• Nothing can compare with home.
• This cheap coffee does not compare with hers.
• How do the two hotels compare?

使い方： compare with someone/something (No other singer can compare with her.); compare to someone/something (The copy does not compare to the original.)

類義語： measure up

よく使う表現： compare with something, nothing can compare, does not compare

比較変化させる

形容詞の原級と、「より」「最も」を表す形を示す。

やさしい英語で： To give an adjective’s basic form and its forms meaning more and most.

• Can you compare this adjective?
• The teacher asked us to compare “small.”
• We compared several irregular adjectives in class.

よく使う表現： compare an adjective, compare irregular adjectives