By common consent their talk avoided the reason for their being there at all.

Shakespeare is, by common consent, the greatest English dramatist.

莎士比亚被公认是英国最伟大的剧作家.

By comparison with that existing today, all the tyrannies of the past were half-hearted and inefficient.

与今天的暴政相比, 以前的所有暴政都不够彻底,软弱无能.

A snail by comparison is supersonic.

相形之下,蜗牛的爬行倒可说是超音速的了.

The old car suffers by comparison.

旧汽车相形见绌.

But Hawthorne , by comparison , worked in the dark.

可是霍桑相形之下是默默无闻地工作的.

He looks older by comparison.

比较起来,他显得老些.

By comparison, their own shallow life, their stagnant days, were becoming unbearable.

相比之下, 她们自己浮浅的生活和一潭死水般的日子倒变得难以忍受了.

She made all European progress seem sluggish and tentative by comparison.

它使欧洲的一切进步相形之下显得是缓慢的和暂时的.

We can only tell good from bad by comparison.

我们可以通过比较来分辨好坏。

She made all European progress seem sluggish by comparison.

她使得欧洲的一切进步相比之下显得十分缓慢.

He puffed the new system by showing how badly his existing system performed by comparison.

他通过比较，展示了当前的系统运行得如何不好，以此来吹捧这种新的系统。

By comparison with London, Paris is small.

与伦敦相比, 巴黎较小.

This dress is really cheaper by comparison.

比较起来,这件衣服确实便宜.

He came off well by comparison with the others.

跟别人相比,他表现好.

Those places are modern by comparison with Tresillian.

与特西利安相比，那些地方很现代。

The skyscraper dwarfs the surrounding buildings. By comparison to it, they seem puny.

这摩天大楼使周围的建筑物相形见拙, 比较之下它们显得微不足道.

Bonded interlinings are cheaper by comparison to woven and knitted types.

比起有纺衬与针织衬,非织造衬的价格更便宜.

By contrast, he was much more frank.

相比之下, 他坦率得多.

By contrast intelligence is possibly easier to quantify.

相对而言,智力也许比较容易用数量来衡量.

By contrast, Rudy seemed settled, sure of himself, judging.

鲁迪相反,稳得下来, 心里有谱, 作出自己的判断.