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CET-4中常见的形容词+介词to表示比较含义的词组 1. 优胜比较 senior to 年长于；（地位）高于；（资格）老于 e.g. 1. Mary is ten years senior to me. --- Mary is ten years my senior. --- Mary is my senior by ten years. --- Mary is ten years older than me. Mary比我年长10岁。 2.Mr Black is senior to me in our factory. Black先生在我们厂的职位比我高。 prior to 先于；比……先于 e.g. 1. This task is prior to all others.这项任务比其它一切任务都重要。 2.Prior to (= previous to/ before ) his arrival, his mother had been dead. 在他到之前，他母亲就已经去世了。 superior to 优于，胜过；（地位，职务）高于 e.g. 1. This coffee is much superior in quality to that.这种咖啡的质量比那一种好得多。 2.We’d better leave these matters to someone superior to you. 我们最好把这些事留给地位比你高的人去做。 preferable to 比…… 更可取，更好；略胜……一筹 e.g. 1. Poverty is preferable to ill-health. 宁可没有钱，也不可没有健康的体魄。 2. Anything is preferable to having her stay for the whole week. 怎样做都比让她在这里住上整整一星期要好。 partial to 过分喜爱……的；偏袒……的，不公平的 e.g. 1. I’m very partial to ice-cream. 我很爱吃冰激凌。 2.A teacher should not be partial to anyone of his/her students. 老师不应偏袒任何学生。 次于比较 junior to 年少于；地位低于；资历浅于 e.g.1. Mary is ten years junior to me. = Mary is ten years my junior. = Mary is my junior by ten years. = Mary is ten years younger than me. Mary比我小10岁。 2. He is junior to many other people who work here. 他比在这里工作的许多其他人的资历都浅。 Although he is senior to me, he is junior to me in our company. 尽管他比我年龄大，他的职位却比我低。 inferior to 次于；（职务，地位）低于 e.g.1. Mr. Brown thought he was inferior to his colleagues. Brown先生认为他不如他的同事。 2. Women are inferior to men in swimming. 女子游泳不如男子。 second to 次于……的 e.g.1.San Francisco is second only to New York as a tourist city in the US. San Francisco是仅次于New York的美国旅游城市。 2. In China, Beijing is second in population only to Shanghai. 在中国，北京的人口仅次于上海。 3. Environmental awareness takes second place to economic development in most nations of the world. 世界上大多数国家关心的是发展经济，而不是保护环境。 同等比较 equal to 等于，与……均等 e.g.1. The supply is equal to the demand.供求平衡。 2. Tom’s strength is equal to Jim. Tom的力气与Jim一样大。 similar to与……相似/类似 e.g.1. Your dress is