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similar to somebody/something 相似；类似；像 -
used to ask somebody’s opinion of somebody/something （询问意见）…怎么样 What's it like studying in Spain? 在西班牙念书怎么样？ This new girlfriend of his—what's she like? 他这个新的女朋友是个什么样的人？
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in the same way as somebody/something 像…一样 Students were angry at being treated like children. 学生对于把他们当小孩子对待感到气愤。 He ran like the wind (= very fast). 他跑得飞快。 You do it like this. 你照这样做。 I, like everyone else, had read these stories in the press. 我像大家一样，也已经从报纸上看过这些报道。 Don't look at me like that. 别那样看着我。 - (informal)
The candles are arranged like so (= in this way). 蜡烛都是像这样排列的。
Language Bank similarlysimilarlyMaking comparisons 进行比较 This chart provides a comparison of the ways that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time. 这个图表对英国十几岁的男生和女生打发空闲时间的方式进行了对比。
In many cases, the results for boys and girls are virtually the same/identical. 在许多情况下，对男女生的调查结果实际上是相同的。
In many cases, the results for boys are virtually the same as/identical to the results for girls. 在许多情况下，对男生的调查结果实际上和对女生的调查结果是相同的。
Both boys and girls spend the bulk of their free time with friends. 男生和女生的大部分空闲时间都和朋友一起度过。
Most of the boys do more than two hours of sport a week, as do many of the girls. 大多数男生每周会做两个多小时的运动，这和许多女生是一样的。
Like many of the girls, most of the boys spend a large part of their free time using the internet. 像许多女孩子一样，大多数男孩子也把大量空闲时间花在上网。
The girls particularly enjoy using social networking websites. Similarly, nearly all the boys said they spent at least two to three hours a week on these sites. 女生们特别喜欢上社交网站。同样，几乎所有男生都说他们每周在这些网站上花的时间至少有两到三个小时。
Extra ExamplesThe dark wood shone like glass. 乌黑的木头如玻璃般闪着光。 Stop acting like a spoilt child. 不要表现得像个被宠坏的孩子一样。
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for example 例如；譬如；比方 anti-utopian novels like ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘1984’ 诸如《动物庄园》和《1984》之类的反乌托邦小说
Which Word? as / likeas / likeYou can use both as and like to say that things are similar.- Like is a preposition and is used before nouns and pronouns:
He has blue eyes like me. 他和我一样有双蓝眼睛。
- As is a conjunction and an adverb and is used before a clause, another adverb or a clause beginning with a preposition:
as 为连词和副词，置于从句、另一副词或以介词引导的从句前： She enjoys all kinds of music, as I do. 她和我一样什么音乐都喜欢。 Repeat these five steps, as in the last exercise. 照前面的练习一样，重复这五个步骤。
- In informal English like is frequently used as a conjunction or an adverb instead of as:
在非正式英语中，like 常常代替 as，用作连词或副词： Nobody understands him like I do. 谁都不像我那么了解他。 I don’t want to upset him again like before. 我不愿意再像过去那样使他扫兴。
like 亦可用以代替 as if： It looks like we’re going to be late. 看来我们要迟到了。
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used to show what is usual or typical for somebody （指某人常做的事）符合…的特点，像…才会
Word Originpreposition ,Middle English: from Old Norse líkr; related to alike.
Idioms
more like…
more like (it) (informal)
what is somebody like?