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comparable

/kom-per-uh-buhl or, sometimes, kuhm-pair-/US // ˈkɒm pər ə bəl or, sometimes, kəmˈpɛər- //UK // (ˈkɒmpərəbəl) //

可比的,可比拟的,相当于,可比较

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
    • : worthy of comparison: shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.
    • : usable for comparison; similar: We have no comparable data on Russian farming.

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Examples

  • In some places, the storm had sustained winds of about 160 kilometers per hour, comparable to the wind strength of a Category 3 hurricane.

  • To call my employees back to the office, a treatment would need to reduce the mortality rate to close to zero, a rate comparable to influenza.

  • Take the example of a female engineering manager who should actually be a director, because she has experience, team size, and a mandate that are comparable to those of other directors at her company.

  • In his testimony, Cook contended that Apple’s fees “are comparable or lower than commissions charged by the majority of our competitors.”

  • This work suggests that when we use pesticides on big animals, we can produce comparable changes.

  • But there is no comparable official to oversee efforts for freeing civilian hostages.

  • The income of a software engineering intern at Facebook is comparable, with monthly incomes of over $6,500.

  • The observable Universe contains around 100 billion large galaxies and a comparable number of supermassive black holes.

  • We think video can be comparable to the best of the printed media,” Paik said, “and can be just as influential.

  • In fact, they often bear lower interest rates than comparable non-green bonds, meaning they are a better credit risk.

  • The view from the sea-side may be somewhat better, but not much—not comparable to that of Genoa from the Mediterranean.

  • Locating it would have been comparable to stumbling upon a solitary blade of grass, imbedded in ice at the South Pole.

  • It is even more comparable to the sound produced by exploding gunpowder.

  • What events for importance are comparable to the occurrences connected with his sojourn on earth?

  • In having a keel on the ventral surface of the tip, the baculum of Tamias is comparable to that of Spermophilus.