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exactly the one or ones referred to or mentioned; not different 同一的；相同的 We have lived in the same house for twenty years. 我们在同一座房子里住了二十年了。 Our children go to the same school as theirs. 我们的孩子和他们的孩子上同一所学校。 She's still the same fun-loving person that I knew at college. 她仍爱耍爱闹，还是上大学时的那副老样子。 This one works in exactly the same way as the other. 这个跟那个运转方法完全一样。 They promise to meet again in the exact same place six months later. 他们答应六个月后在同一个地方再次见面。 They both said much the same thing. 他们两人的话大致一样。 He used the very same (= exactly the same) words. 他用了完全相同的字眼儿。 I resigned last Friday and left that same day. 我上星期五辞了职，当天就离开了。 I was relieved and sad at the same time. 我在欣慰的同时也很难过。 Gary and I look more or less the same age. 加里和我看起来差不多一样大。 I recognized a lot of the same people. 我认识了很多同样的人。
Extra ExamplesThat's not quite the same thing, is it? 那并不完全是一回事，对吗？ We can do the two things at one and the same time. 我们可以同时做这两件事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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exactly like the one or ones referred to or mentioned （与…）相同的，一模一样的 I bought the same car as yours (= another car of that type). 我买了一辆车，和你那辆一模一样。 She was wearing the same dress that I had on. 她穿的连衣裙和我穿的一样。 The same thing happened to me last week. 上星期我也遇到了同样的事。 Most parents tend to raise their children in much the same way they were raised 大多数父母倾向于像抚养孩子一样抚养孩子 Other countries don't suffer from the same kinds of health problems we do. 其他国家没有我们一样的健康问题。 Older adults may not get the same level of protection from the vaccine. 老年人可能无法从疫苗中获得同等水平的保护。
Extra ExamplesYour new job will be essentially the same as your old one. 你的新工作基本上和原来的一样。 They both taste just the same to me. 对我而言，这两样尝起来味道相同。 Your dress is nearly the same as mine. 你的裙子跟我的几乎一样。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
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- exactly
- just
- precisely
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- as
- one and the same
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse sami, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit sama, Greek homos.
Idioms Most idioms containing same are at the entries for the nouns and verbs in the idioms, for example be in the same boat is at boat.
same old, same old
the same old story, stuff, nonsense, etc.
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used to say that a situation or the excuses, products or entertainment being offered have not improved at all 老样子；照旧不变 It's the same old story —budget cuts and government neglect. 还是老一套——削减预算和政府忽视。 The band's new album includes the same old stuff they've been playing forever. 这个乐队的新专辑包括了他们一直在演奏的老歌。