I don't understand the meaning of this sentence

ilovechinesep0d
 December 01, 2009 at 12:53 PM posted in I Have a Question

I don't understand the meaning of this sentence:

我跟朋友比起来的确比较用功。
Wǒ gēn péngyou bǐqǐlái díquè bǐjiào yònggōng.

Especially I don't understand the "比起来" part.

Thanks in advance for your comments.

 

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verazxl
 December 01, 2009 at 11:34 PM

不客气。

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ilovechinesep0d
 December 01, 2009 at 01:16 PM

Thanks Vera, you are so nice! I didn't find this construction in all of my grammar books.

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verazxl
 December 01, 2009 at 01:13 PM

'跟...比起来' means 'compare to'.

跟朋友比起来 = compare to my friends

so the sentence means 'compare to my friends, I really work hard.'