| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_looking-or-being-almost-but-not-exactly-the-same |
| 释义 | looking or being almost but not exactly the sameThese words refer to people or things that are almost the same as someone or something else in some way. One common word for this is similar. Similar is used in all contexts to say that one person or thing is almost the same as another person or thing, but not exactly. I have a sofa quite similar to yours. The boys are similar in appearance, but not in attitude. The opposite of similar is dissimilar. Dissimilar is more formal than similar. The twins are very dissimilar in temperament. If someone or something is similar to someone or something else, you can say they are like each other. She's a lot like her mother. Do you think he looks like me? I have a dress just like that. UsageLike must be used with an object. My car is like that one. Not: My car is like. You can also use the word alike to say that two things or people are similar or look similar. Alike is used after a verb. The girls look alike. We're more alike than not. If two people or things are close, there is very little difference between those two things with regard to the characteristic mentioned. Close is always modified by a phrase that describes the characteristic. My cousin and I are quite close in age. He bears a close resemblance to his father. The phrase something like can be used in all contexts to compare something that is real or happening with something you have thought is real or might happen. I was worried something like this would happen. The phrase means 'good luck' but the literal translation is something like 'I'm holding thumbs for you'. If two things are comparable, they are similar in size, quality, or amount. If two things have some of the same features and so can be compared, you can also say they are analogous to one another. This car has comparable features to the other one, but is much cheaper. You are entitled to a second item of comparable value with this coupon. Their business partnership was analogous to a marriage. That solution won't work this time - this isn't an analogous situation. It two things are akin to one another, they have some of the same qualities and are similar in that way. Akin is slightly more formal than alike or similar. Sharks are the top predators in their environment, akin to lions in the African savannah or polar bears in the Arctic. You can also use the phrases along the same lines or along the lines of something to say that one thing is similar in type to another thing. Parents thought the school should cancel classes, and administrators were thinking along the same lines. The law should include compensation for veterans along the lines of what the legislature already proposed. If something is done or understood to be very similar to something else of the same type, you can use the adjective copycat to describe it. In disapproving US English, you can also use the phrase cookie-cutter to refer to two things that are very similar to each other, but in a bad or negative way. The cookery magazine published copycat recipes for fast-food favourites. After the initial crime, police responded to a number of copycat incidents across the city. USShe moved into one of those awful cookie-cutter houses. |
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