compare: [15] Compare comes via Old French comparer from Latin comparāre ‘couple, match’, a verb based on the adjective compar ‘equal’, a compound formed from the prefix com- ‘mutually’ and pār ‘equal’ (source of English pair, peer, and parity). The Latin derivative noun comparātiō gave Old French comparesoun and hence English comparison [14]. => pair, par, parity, peer
compare (v.)
late 14c., from Old French comparer (12c., Modern French comparer), from Late Latin comparare "to liken, to compare" (see comparison). Related: Compared; comparing. To compare notes is from 1708. Phrase without compare (attested from 1620s, but similar phrasing dates to 1530s) seems to be altered by folk etymology from compeer "rival."
例文
1. He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
彼は彼のコンピュータにプログラムを作成し、すべての可能な組み合わせを比較した。
2.How do the two techniques compare in terms of application?
この2つの手法を実際に運用するにはどれがいいですか。
3.The more recent conifer plantations cannot yet compare with the old woodlands.
年代の近い針葉樹林場は、年代の古い林場には及ばない。
4.Childcare facilities in Britain compare unfavourably with other European countries.
イギリスの保育施設はヨーロッパの他の国に比べて見劣りする。
5.It 's instructive to compare his technique with Alan Bennett 's.