有關英文比較題

Q. 1

Compare to 和 compare with 有時可以互換，有時則不行。
當 compare 用作及物動詞時，compare to 和 compare with (更精確的寫法是：compare sth to/with sth) 是同義詞，意為「與…相比；與…作比較」，如 If we compare French schools to/with British schools, we find there are many differences. (如果我們將法國的學校與英國的學校作一比較，會發現有許多不同之處)；The results are then compared to/with the results of previous studies. (這些結果再與以前的研究結果作比較)。
然而，compare to 除了上述意思外，還意為「把…比作；把…比喻為」，而這意思是 compare with 所沒有的，如 His poems have been compared to those of the English Romantics. (他的詩被拿來與英國浪漫主義的詩相提並論)；He usually compares women to roses. (他經常將女人比作玫瑰花)。I compare babies to little angels. (即係嬰孩有如小天使一樣) 。
當 compare 用作不及物動詞時，其後只能接介系詞 with (不可接 to)，意為「(與…) 相比；比得上」，如 It’s a good university, but its architecture doesn’t compare with that of the older institutions. (這是一所不錯的大學，但其建築無法與那些老牌的大學相比)；Taiwan’s performance compares very favorably [unfavorably] with that of other Asian countries. (台灣的表現比亞洲其他國家好 [差] 很多)。

還有, compare with可同時比較相同和 (and)不同之處，但compare to 只比較相同或 (or)不同之處。

We compared a Maybach with a VW Beetle (甲蟲車) and our findings are as follows:
- Both are made in Germany (相同)
- Both are reliable (相同)
- A Maybach costs significantly more than a VW Beetle(不同)
- Bulletproof windows are only available as an option for the Maybach(不同)

Q.2 We add ‘d’ after ‘compare’ when past tense or passive voice is used.

Q1 : compare with = 甲與乙來作一個互相比較.

Q2 : compare to = 以啊甲比喻啊乙

2010-04-10 18:47:20 補充：
compare爲何要加d ?
Q3 : 那只是present tense 和 past tense之分別.