网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 to-compare-apples-and-with-oranges
释义

to compare apples and/with oranges


idiom(alsoto mix apples and/with oranges); (something is apples and oranges)
used to say that two things are completely different and it is not sensible to compare them:
The ratio of exports to GDP is very misleading. It compares apples and oranges.
You're comparing apples with oranges. They are two very different jobs, with very different types of stress.
He seems to be mixing apples and oranges. He's talking about movies, not television.
You can't compare the new scores to the previous years. It's apples and oranges.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Comparing and contrasting
analogy
antithesis
apple
as againstidiom
balance something against something
comparative
contradistinction
contrast
contrastive
contrastively
cross-reference
measure
mutatis mutandis
next
nonrelative
perspective
relative
shame
stack
stack up

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Being and appearing different

随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/2/2 18:55:05