好比的英文：
be just like
can be compared to

参考例句：

"Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold"
知足好比点金术

A dry-as-dust-- A matter-of-fact man who talks astronomy on a moonlit night.
令人烦厌的学究——好比在明月当空之际大谈天文的枯燥鬼。

It happens to be life,as in grammar, that the exception outnumbers the rules.
在人生中，好比在文法里，有例外多于规则这么一回事。

Forcing myself to think about how to make extra money is like going to the gym and working out with weights.
我迫使自己考虑如何挣到额外的钱就好比去健身房做负重练习。

It was like trying to square a circle.
这就好比把圆的变成方的。

The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
天国好比一个王，为他儿子摆设娶亲的筵席。

Tendons hook us to muscles--like strings on marionettes
肌腱就好比活动木偶的提线，把我们钩在肌肉上。

It's rather like pushing a wheelbarrow up a steep hill-you can't turn round, so you have to keep on
我们好比推车子上山去，只能进，不能退！

Meeting you here like this is positively surreal!
像这样与你在此相逢真好比一场梦!

We like a small tree, need to go through pruning, watering , fertilization can grow.
我们好比一棵小树，需要经过剪枝，浇水，施肥才能茁壮成长。

can是什么意思：
v. 能够，可以（情态动词）
n. 罐头；容器
v. 把（食品等）装罐保存

Canning Canning Beef can be satisfactorily preserved by canning if the proper procedures are used.
装罐如果装罐步骤正确,牛肉可很好地保存起来。

Dark thoughts can be softened when they can not be brightened.
阴郁的思绪在无法变得快活的时候可以获得安抚。

He that can have patience can have what he will.
唯坚忍者始能遂其意志。

—Can I come,too? —Of course you can.
—我也可以来吗？ —当然可以。

If you can' t open the box, can I have a try?
如果你打不开这个箱子，我能试一试吗？

compared是什么意思：
adj. 比较的，对照的
v. compare的过去式和过去分词

To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?
你们究竟将谁比神，用什么形像与神比较呢？

This view is beyond compare.
这景色无与伦比。

The achievements of an athlete and a writer are not comparable.
运动员的成就与作家的成就不能相提并论。

Remember the comparative adjective form.
记住形容词的比较级形式。

No differences between compared files.
所比较的文件之间没有差异。