单词盒子

hold a candle to

H 开头单词

基本解释

  • 与……相比；与……媲美 （cannot hold a candle to 不能与其媲美）

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • She can't hold a candle To the beauty of your smile.
    在你灿烂的笑容前，她只能自惭形秽。
  • She is pretty good, but she can't hold a candle to her mother.
    她相当不错，但还不能与他母亲相比。
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  • LED does not quite live up to the contrast ratios and colors Plasma displays can create, although they do have excellent image quality and contrast ratios no standard LCD screen can hold a candle to.
    LED 比标准 LCD 屏的画质和对比度更好，但还达不到等离子电视的对比度和色彩。

    • 原声例句

  • The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.

    • 权威例句

  • But none can hold a candle to the father of Asian disaster hotels, Taiwan's Grand Hotel.
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  • But none hold a candle to John Quincy Adams, who won with a -10.4% margin of the public vote.
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  • Still, no place can hold a candle to Silicon Valley and the Boston area in terms of startup activity, especially in the tech space.
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词组短语

    短语

  • hold a candle to another 为别人尽力
  • cannot hold a candle to 比不上
  • not hold a candle to 不能与某人相提并论
  • can 't hold a dle to 不能与;是个常用表达