match

vt.
1. be a match for,equal,rival与…匹敌，比得上，敌得过。
△Mid.3.2.305: “I can match her.” 我打得过她。
△As.3.2.377 (354):“Every one fault seeming mon-strous till his fellow-fault came to match it.”每一桩罪过似乎都很可怕，可是立刻又有另一桩罪过出来赛过它。
△Lr.4.7.1: “how shall I live and work / To match thy goodness?”我这一生该怎么做才能报答得了你的仁德呢？
△Oth.4.1.183:“Matching thy inference.”可与你的推断相比。
△R.III.4.2.36: “I know a discontentedgentleman / Whose humble means match not hishaughty spirit. ”我认识一个不得志的人，他那寒微的资财满足不了他那有抱负的心胸。
2. compare使…比较。
△Oth.3.3.237: “May fall tomatch you with her country forms.”偶尔拿你和她本国人的漂亮外表做个比较。
3. oppose as equal in combat,meet...in single com-bat,fight与…势均力敌地对抗，与…交手，与…战斗。
△2H.VI.5.1.155: “And such a piece of service willyou do,/ If you oppose yourselves to match LordWarwick.”如果你胆敢和沃里克大人作对交手的话，你肯定也要立下这么一项战功的。
△3H.VI.5.1.70: “The hardermatched,the greater victory.” (Proverb:“The moredanger,the more honour.”)较量愈艰苦，胜利愈光荣。
4. sort,pair in any way挑拣，使相配。
△Mer.3.1.83(77): “a third cannot be matched,unless the devil himself turn Jew.”要配一个第三个，是很难的，除非魔鬼自己变成犹太人。
5. give as a partner in marriage把…给…作为婚姻配偶。
△Lr.1.1.213 (210): “To match you where I hate；”i.e. To give you a marriage partner whom I hate. 把一个我所憎恨的人匹配给你。
6. join,combine使结合，结联合。
△1H.IV.1.1. 49:“This matched with other did，” (other: other ti-dings.)这再加上其他的消息，的确如此。
△1H.IV.3.2.15:“As thou art matched withal and grafted to，”就像你与之结合在一起并且联系在一起的。
～ vi. marry,take a husband or a wife,ally oneself inmarriage结婚，找配偶，结成夫妇。
△Tw. 1. 3. 117 (109):“She'll not match above her degree,neither in estate,years,nor wit；” i.e. she will not marry above herown social position,either in fortune,age,or intelligence. 无论是在资产、年纪或智慧方面，她都不愿超出自己的身份去高攀嫁人的。
△Ado.2.1.67 (64):“Adam’s sons are my brethren,and truly I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.”亚当的子孙都是我的兄弟；老实说，跟自己的亲族结婚我以为是罪过。
△3H.VI. 2. 2. 152: “And had he (i.e.Henry VI) matched according to his state,/ Hemight have kept that glory to this day. ”要是他按照他自己的地位娶了亲，他也许直到今天还能保持着这种光荣。
△3H.VI.3.3. 209:“He’s very likely now to fall fromhim/ For matching more for wanton lust than hono-ur，”他现在很可能抛弃了他，因为他这场婚事不是为了荣誉，而只是为了放纵淫欲。
match with: wed与…结婚，娶。
△2H.VI.1.1.131(130): “And our King Henry gives away his own / Tomatch with her that brings no vantages.”而我们的国王亨利却赔本娶了一个不带任何嫁妆的女子。