when compared与when comparing

When compared with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.

请问老师,这句话里面When compared,为什么不可以换成comparing呢?我觉得这句话并没有被动的含义,为什么不可以用现在分词呢?谢谢!

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曹荣禄  
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《韦氏高阶》compared to or compared with

: in relation to (something else) : measured or judged against

(something else)

This rain is nothing compared to what we got yesterday.

Today's quiz was easy compared with the last one.

这是习语,过去分词是由及物动词演变而来的。你查查词典就知道了,不要自己想当然。

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  • David1988 提出于 2021-11-26 13:42

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