similar

adjective

OPAL W OPAL S

/ˈsɪmələ(r)/

/ˈsɪmələr/

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like somebody/something but not exactly the same相像的；相仿的；类似的
- We have very similar interests.我们兴趣相仿。
- The experiment was repeated, with similar results. 实验重复进行，结果相似。
- I came across a similar situation last year.去年我遇到过类似的情况。
- The brothers look very similar.弟兄几个长得很像。
- The three portraits are remarkably similar.这 3 幅肖像惊人地相似。
- similar to somebody/something My teaching style is similar to that of most other teachers.我的教学风格和多数教师相似。
- The case is strikingly similar to another case from the 1990s.该案件与20世纪90年代的另一个案件惊人地相似。
- similar in something The two houses are similar in size.两座房子大小差不多。
- All the narratives follow a similar pattern.所有的叙述都遵循相似的模式。
- The disease attacks the immune system in a similar way to AIDS.这种疾病攻击免疫系统的方式类似于艾滋病。
- She easily won today, and hopes to carry on in a similar vein tomorrow.她今天轻松获胜，希望明天也能以同样的方式继续下去。
- Stir the paint with a piece of wood or something similar.用木棒或类似的东西把油漆搅拌一下。
opposite different, dissimilar
Extra Examples
- The scene in the picture was eerily similar to what I had seen in my dream.怪异的是，照片里的情景和我的梦境很相似。
- Their experiences are superficially similar.他们的经历表面上看很相似。
- countries with broadly similar characteristics具有大致相似特点的国家
- All our patients have broadly similar problems.我们所有的病人问题大致相似。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- look
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- in
- to
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (also as a term in anatomy meaning ‘homogeneous’): from French similaire or medieval Latin similaris, from Latin similis ‘like’.