compare to与compare with有什么区别

compare to / compare with 这两个短语都有“比较”之意。 但它们用法不同。
1. compare to
表示“把……比作……”“比喻为…”、“比拟”，是指出两者之间的关系或相似。

例如：
1). We often compare a teacher to a candle．
我们常把老师比喻成蜡烛。
2).Chinese people compare MZD to the sun.
中国人把MZD比作太阳。
3).Poets have compared sleep to death.
诗人将睡眠比作死。
4).Books can be compared to friends.

书可以比喻为朋友。
2. compare with则表示“把…和…相比”，“比较”，是指研究评判人与人之间、事物与事物之间相同或相异的程度。
例如：
1). Please compare your translation with the model translation on the blackboard.
请把你们的翻译和黑板上的翻译例子相比较。
2). He compared his camera with mine.
他把他的照相机跟我的比较。
3). The boy always compared his toys with other boys’toys.
这男孩总把他的玩具和其它男孩的玩具相比较。
4).Compared with other years, we received many more photos.
与往年相比，我们收到了更多照片。
5). Compared with silk, cotton is cheap.
和丝绸相比，棉花更便宜。

1、compare to sth.表示比喻或比拟。

例句：World is usually compared to a stage.世界通常可以当做一个舞台。

2、compare with sth.表示比较。

例句：Compared with his past,he has changed a lot.与过去相比，他变了很多。

compare 作 及物动词 ①compare...with.../ compare...to... 都表示 把...和...作比较
②compare...to... 表示 把...比作...
compare 作 不及物动词 ③compare to... 表示 和...相比/ 和...值得相比
例句：①If you compare her work with his, you'll find hers is much better.
②Poets have compared sleep to death.
③He cannot compare with Shakespeare as a writer of tragedies.

英语常考短语词义辨析9 compare with, compare to

compare to表达相同
compare with表不同