- dissimilar (from/to somebody/something)
not the same 不一样的;不同的;不相似的 These wines are not dissimilar (= are similar). 这些葡萄酒都差不多。 The two languages are completely dissimilar from each other. 这两种语言完全不同。
Extra ExamplesHis views are not dissimilar from those of the Health Minister. 他的看法和卫生部长的没有什么不同。 The way of life here is not altogether dissimilar to that in other parts of Europe. 这儿的生活与欧洲其它地方的并非完全不同。 They had spent their childhoods in highly dissimilar circumstances. 他们的童年是在截然不同的环境中度过的。
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + similar, on the pattern of Latin dissimilis, French dissimilaire.