Comparative statements
[经] 比较报表
🧩 词语组成解析
comparative
[kəm'pærətɪv]
adj. 比较（上）的;按比较估计的;相当的，还可以的;
n. [语]（形容词或副词的）比较级形式;可匹敌者，可比拟物;
com共同+par看见+ative...的 →看见共同之处的→比较的
n. 声明；报告；陈述句；状态说明（statement的复数形式）
🗣️ 情景例句
Take it easy, sir. I'll need your name, in full, and what's happened.
别着急，给我你的全名和事情的情况。
Maybe we should hold off until we have covered item B on our agenda.
也许我们应该先谈论完B项议题。
Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
船上许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。