请帮我介绍一下compare这个词，谢谢

compare: [ kəm'pɛə ]
v. 比较,比喻,匹敌

Examples:
1. I compared the copy with the original, but there was not much difference.
我比较了复印件和原件，但是差别不是很大。
2. Life is poetically compared to the morning dew.
在诗歌中，人生被比喻为朝露。
3. She is lovely beyond compare.
她真是可爱得无与伦比。
4. Poets have compared sleep to death.
诗人把睡眠比作死亡.
5. Compare (the style of) the two poems.
将这两首诗（的风格）加以比较.
6. We saw the play separately and compared notes afterwards.
我们各自看了那出戏, 后来交换了意见.
7. He cannot compare with (ie is not nearly as great as) Shakespeare as a writer of tragedies.
在悲剧写作方面他根本不能与莎士比亚相比.
8. If you compare her work with his/If you compare their work, you'll find hers is much better.
要是把他俩的工作比较一下, 就会发现她的好得多.

vt.
1. 比较,对照[(+with/to)]
Compared with him, I am a bungler.
与他相比,我只能算是一个笨拙的人。
Compare this with that, and you will see which is better.
将这个与