动 compare，compete，compare to，draw an analogy；名 ratio，proportion，comparison，contrast；介 than，to；形 [书]close together，next to，[物]specific；副 [书] （近来） recen

[例句] 比失败更令人恐惧的是懊悔。 Failure is never quite so frightening as regret do.

[例句] 努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。 Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

compare，compare with，relatively，comparatively；

[例句] 他给他的计算机编制了一套程序，以比较所有可能的组合。 He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.

[例句] 你得知道站在哪里观察角度比较理想。 You have to know where to stand for a good viewpoint.

scale，scaling，proportion，ratio，inverse proportion ；

[例句] 各共和国将拥有与其经济规模成比例的选举权。 Republics will have voting rights propor-tionate to the size of their economies.

[例句] 从事该职业的女性比例已升高到17.3%。 The proportion of women in the profession had risen to 17.3%.

contrast，comparison，balance，ratio，parallel ；

[例句] 约翰逊的亲和力和他老板易怒的性格形成了鲜明的对比。 Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss.

[例句] 与花哨的打扮形成鲜明对比的是这件小黑裙子。 The little black dress is the anithesis of fussy dressing.

ratio，proportion，rate，percentage ；

[例句] 不缴水费引起的断水的比率正在上升。 The rate of disconnections following non-payment of water charges is rising.

[例句] 算出那些比率的平均值再乘以100。 Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.

proportion，[物]specific gravity，specific weight ；

[例句] 做到辛辣菜和清淡菜比重相当。 Balance spicy dishes with mild ones.

[例句] 拆卸一部机器比重新装配起来容易. It's easier to take a machine to pieces than to put it together again.

match，competition，tounament，contest；

[例句] 道格拉斯29岁，是个技术不错的拳击手，在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。 Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.

[例句] 他的球投得极棒，使我们赢下了两场比赛。 He bowled so well that we won two matches.

[逻] analogy ；

[例句] 可以用歌唱艺术作类比. A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.

[例句] 尽管如此, 神经毒液毒杀人类比血毒液快得多. Be that as it may, the nerve poison does its business with man far more quickly than the blood poison.

Belgium （国名， 在欧洲西部） ；

[例句] 比利时杯被夺冠热门列日队夺得。 The Belgian Cup has been won by the favourites F.C. Liege.

[例句] 欧洲最大的尼龙制造商总部设在比利时。 Europe's largest producer of nylon is based in Belgium.

[计] bit （信息量单位） ；

[例句] 我想在我的结婚蛋糕上装饰一些丘比特的造型。 I would like my wedding cake decorated with cupids.

[例句] 他因没能给比特犬戴嘴套而被判有罪。 He was convicted of failing to muzzle a pit bull.

compare，parallel，analogy，metaphor，assimilate ；

[例句] 这种比拟是不恰当的. It is inappropriate to draw such a parallel.

[例句] 比拟柱按无挑臂框架导出. The analogous column is derived from frame without the overhangs.

percentage，per centum，percent，percentum ；

[例句] 瑞士的失业率上升到了0.7%，这个百分比仍然不算太高。 Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%.

[例句] 你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！ A plague on you and your damned percentages!

compare with，match，compare，parallel ；

[例句] 与前一年相比，哥伦比亚广播公司的收视率再次大幅提高。 CBS's ratings again showed huge improvement over the previous year.

[例句] 同其他同类情况相比，这件事还算简单。 This is a straightforward case, as these things go.

according to，in the light of，（对比） contrast ；

[例句] 把下列数字和你卡片上的数字比照一下。 Check the numbers below against the numbers on your card.

[例句] 我继续比照医生办公室里的图表来判断他病情的发展。 I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.

metaphor or simile，analogy，figure of speech，allegory，comparison ；

[例句] 利维原来说的是一种比喻。 It turns out Levy is talking in metaphorical terms.

[例句] 批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。 Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.

incomparable，unparalleled，matchless，peerless ；

[例句] “要让这片丛林成为果园，”他无比兴奋地说。 "Orchards would take the place of the jungle," he rhapsodized.

[例句] 回顾此事，我会无比地开心。 I will look back at this one with undiluted pleasure.

comparison ；

[例句] 我对你比对他更了解. I know you better than him.

[例句] 委员会对瑞典的要求不能比对自己的会员国要求都多。 The Commission can't demand from Sweden more than it demands from its own members.

[体] score ；

[例句] 卢佩斯库在20码处射门得分，接着巴林特将比分扩大为4比0。 Lupescu scored from 20 yards and then Balint made it 4-0.

[例句] 胜利并不像最终比分显示的那么轻而易举。 Victory was not as easy as the scoreline suggests.

densimeter，gravimeter，density gauge ；

[例句] 通常所发现的这种损坏是由于应用比重计不当造成的. Such damage is usually found to have been caused by hydrometer misuse, especially with symthetic separators.

[例句] 用泥浆比重计测出泥浆的密度. Use the mud balance to determinate the mud weight.

hypergeometric ；

[例句] 中场地带, 尤其是在英超比赛中, 是身体对抗和竞争非常激烈的地方. The midfield, especially in English football, a physical and competitive place.