PREP-PHRASE
与…相比;和…比起来
If you say, for example, that one thing is large or small compared with another or compared to another, you mean that it is larger or smaller than the other thing.
例句
The room was light and lofty compared with our Tudor ones...
跟我们都铎风格的房间比起来，这个房间显得素雅而大气。
Columbia was a young city compared to venerable Charleston.
与历史悠久的查尔斯顿相比，哥伦比亚是个年轻的城市。