1 [T] compare A and B;compare A with/to B to consider people or things in order to see how similar or how different they are 比较: I'm quite a patient person, compared with him. 跟他相比，我还是个很有耐心的人。 Compared to the place where I grew up, this town is exciting. 跟我成长的地方相比，这个镇的生活很多姿多彩。When the police compared the two letters, they realized that they had been written by the same person. 警方比较了这两封信，发现是同一人所写。

2 [T] compare A to B to say that sb/sth is similar to sb/sth else （表示事物与事物或人与人相似）把…比作: When it was built, people compared the stadium to a spaceship. 体育馆落成的时候，人们把它比作一艘宇宙飞船。

3 [I] compare (with/to sb/sth) to be as good as sb/sth 比得上（某人或某事物）: Her last film was brilliant but this one simply doesn't compare. 她上一部影片拍得极好，这一部却望尘莫及。There is nothing to compare with the taste of bread fresh from the oven. 刚出炉的面包味美绝伦。