The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
Compared with the vast gilded void of Mrs. Hatch's existence, the life of Lily's former friends seemed packed with ordered activities. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
To be man was as nothing compared to the possibilities of the creative mystery. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
When rotating at the rate of 788 revolutions in a minute, and lifting the water 19·4 feet, the greatest practical effect, compared with the power employed, was attained. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
For then you are dealing with living ideas: to search his text has its uses, but compared with the actual tradition of Marx it is the work of pedantry. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
The motion, compared with that of an ordinary land engine, was thus inverted. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
Notwithstanding the late hour, he turns over to the next page and goes on to write his deductions from this result as compared with those previously obtained. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
How insignificant compared with the wonder wrought by this one machine seems indeed any of the old seven wonders of the world! 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
All fresh water basins, taken together, make a small area compared with that of the sea or of the land. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
It is compared to the wavelets produced by a stone dropped in w ater, only that in the case of sound the waves are not confined to one plane. 李贝.西洋科学史.
It is rough compared with a polished mirror. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
Independently of the question of fertility, the offspring of species and of varieties when crossed may be compared in several other respects. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
At teatime they compared notes, and all agreed that it had been a delightful, though unusually long day. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
Compared with the massiveness of the task, these books do indeed seem poetical and scholarly and flimsy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The popular fear of engrossing and forestalling may be compared to the popular terrors and suspicions of witchcraft. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
But this only means that they are, as compared with some other attitudes, central:--that they carry other attitudes with them. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
There were three sitting-rooms; don't you remember how we laughed at the number compared with the three bed-rooms? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
How white her lustre is, compared with the deep red of the bonfires! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
The Seven Wonders of the ancient world have often been compared with the wonders of invention of this present day. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
I compared it with the money-lender's name and address as recorded in my pocket-book, and identified it at once as the writing of Sergeant Cuff. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Learning has very often and very aptly been compared to a torch passed from hand to hand. 李贝.西洋科学史.
But what was the grandfather's pleasure compared to Amelia's ecstacy? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
The tale has certainly an oriental character, and may be compared with the pilgrimages of the soul in the Zend Avesta (Haug, Avesta). 柏拉图.理想国.
For the ideal must always be a paradox when compared with the ordinary conditions of human life. 柏拉图.理想国.
Why, Jo, your stories are works of Shakespeare compared to half the rubbish that is published every day. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
I compared her placid epistles with the burning ones of Adrian. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The Vesuvius of today is a very poor affair compared to the mighty volcano of Kilauea, in the Sandwich Islands, but I am glad I visited it. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
And now he paid his respects to Mrs. Pryor, and paid them well, with a grave modesty that became his age compared with hers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
These two phaenomena are remarkable in themselves, but much more so when compared. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
I thought I was lazy, but I am a steam-engine compared to a Constantinople dog. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.