comparative

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com·par·a·tive1 /kəmˈpærətɪv/ adjectiveadj

1 comparative comfort/freedom/wealth etc comfort, freedom, wealth etc that is quite good when compared to how comfortable, free, or rich etc something or someone else is 相对的舒适/自由/富裕等 SYN relative

After a lifetime of poverty, his last few years were spent in comparative comfort.

他穷了一辈子，最后几年还算过得比较舒适。

She didn’t want to leave the comparative safety of the shelter.

她不愿离开相对来说还算安全的掩蔽处。

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comparative safety• Forster slithered to Delaney and got a grip, pulling him back to comparative safety.• Had she locked herself in a place of comparative safety?• Just as they reached the top and comparative safety, Lilley yelled for everyone to bale out.• He was ridden down before he could reach the comparative safety of his parsonage at Yateley.• I saluted him and then made my way back to the farmyard and the comparative safety of the farm buildings.• New ideas can be bounced around in the comparative safety of the governors' meeting and reactions gauged.• She shivered, and was glad to gain the comparative safety of the open area in the centre.• From a place of comparative safety she was able to observe as Joe pushed his way onward, unaware of her move.

2 comparative study/analysis etc COMPAREa study etc that involves comparing something to something else 比较研究/分析等

a comparative study of the US and British steel industries

对美国和英国钢铁工业的比较研究

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comparative study/analysis etc• All the topics covered would have to be placed in context but there would be no, say, comparative studies.• Other recent examples of comparative studies are those of Lowe - independent study modules and lecture tours, in 1981.• Space and resources preclude an exhaustive or even an extensive comparative study in this work.• She said a comparative study of about 15,000 randomly selected Gulf War veterans is planned for the near future.• Thus, the comparative analysis of achievable stopping patterns by bus, light rail and suburban rail is well done.• The comparative study of institutions is not new in political science.• The comparative study of kinship terminologies is one of the longest established traditions in academic anthropology.

3 comparative beginner/newcomer etc COMPAREsomeone who is not really a beginner etc, but who seems to be one when compared to other people who have lived or worked somewhere for a long time 相对的初学者/新来者等

After living here five years, we’re still considered comparative newcomers.

我们在这里生活了五年，可是与别人相比我们仍被视为新来者。

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comparative beginner/newcomer etc• A word of advice - don't sit for hours at the knitting machine, particularly if you are a comparative beginner.• The fishing and fish-processing industry in North Shields is a comparative newcomer.

4 comparative figures/data comparative figures etc are similar to other figures, so that you can make a comparison 比较数据/资料

Comparative figures for last year clearly show how sales have declined.

去年的比较数据明确显示出销售的下降情况。

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comparative figures/data• The comparative figures for 1991 were 25 and 19 respectively.• Whichever option societies take, comparative figures for the new disclosures will be required.• Inspection of the comparative figures is both instructive and startling.• The most reliable of these comparative data measure voting in national elections.• The comparative figures one year later of 14% and 10.9% are still worrying.• Comparative figures Prior year comparative figures have been restated to conform to the current year's presentation where appropriate.• I do not want the comparative figures to be distorted.• Significance levels for comparative data were determined by the Wilcoxon signed rank test.

5. SLG technical the comparative form of an adjective or adverb shows an increase in size, quality, degree etc when it is considered in relation to something else. For example, ‘bigger’ is the comparative form of ‘big’, and ‘more slowly’ is the comparative form of ‘slowly’. 比较级的〔指形容词或副词的比较级形式，如bigger是big的比较级，more slowly是slowly的比较级〕 → superlative

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comparative• The former agent did a comparative analysis of the manifesto and five pages of letters and essays authored by Theodore.• Comparative figures Prior year comparative figures have been restated to conform to the current year's presentation where appropriate.• Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.• For comparative purposes, the team also took a similar set of readings on human walkers.• Fresh fruit and vegetables have become a comparative rarity in the region.• He was ridden down before he could reach the comparative safety of his parsonage at Yateley.• During the bombings, families sheltered in the comparative safety of the underground rail stations.• Coming from a few rooms in Creek Lane, the Sisters may have wondered at the comparative spaciousness of their new surroundings.• The comparative weight of the evidence is, however, peculiarly the function of the trial judge who has heard the witnesses.• Finally, Chapter 8 examines the comparative work on democratic institutions and democratic performance.

comparative2 noun

the comparative technicalSLG the form of an adjective or adverb that shows an increase in size, degree etc when something is considered in relation to something else. For example, ‘bigger’ is the comparative of ‘big’, and ‘more slowly’ is the comparative of ‘slowly’. 〔形容词或副词的〕比较级形式〔如bigger是big的比较级，more slowly是slowly的比较级〕 → the superlative

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comparative• If anything, they served to intensify the boredom by providing a comparative.• The so-called secondary categories consist of almost equally linguistic concepts: negation and opposition, comparatives, modes, and so on.• Another section is devoted entirely to grammar drills, including the use of prepositions, comparatives, negatives and verb tenses.• Through tower building there is a development of vocabulary from the original big and small to more selective comparatives.• Again, this served to distort the comparatives.

com·par·a·tive1 adjectiveadjcomparative2 noun

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Comparison and comparisons: comparison, perspective, parallel...

Describing types and forms of adjectives: adjectival, attributive, comparative...

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