[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]相像的；相仿的；类似的 If one thing is similar to another, or if two things are similar, they have features that are the same.
[oft ADJ to n]
...a savoury cake with a texture similar to that of carrot cake...
口感和胡萝卜蛋糕相似的一种美味蛋糕
The accident was similar to one that happened in 1973.
这次事故和 1973 年发生的那起事故很相似。
...a group of similar pictures.
一组相似的图画
Oxford
simi·lar★AWL/ˈsɪmələ(r); NAmEˈsɪmələr/adjectivelike sb/sth 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。similar(to sb/sth) ◆My teaching style is similar to that of most other teachers.我的教学风格和多数教师相似。similar(in sth) ◆The two houses are similar in size.两座房子大小差不多。◆The brothers look very similar.弟兄几个长得很像。◆All our patients have broadly similar problems.我们所有的病人问题大致相似。OPP
almost the sameOPP different → alike: We have similar tastes in music. Both approaches seem to achieve similar results. A number of his friends had been affected in a similar way. The two products look quite similar.similar to Her ideas are quite similar to mine.similar in The two cars are very similar in size and design.broadly/roughly similar The two groups have broadly similar aims.remarkably/strikingly similar The speech was strikingly similar to one given by the American president earlier this year. →
similarly
GRAMMAR: Prepositions with similar• Someone or something is similar to another person or thing: · His surname is similar to mine.✗Don’t say: His surname is similar with mine.• People or things are similar in size, appearance, shape, character etc: · My sister and I are similar in character.COLLOCATIONSadverbsvery similar· I was in a very similar situation not so long ago.broadly/roughly similar· The new employment terms and conditions will be broadly similar to those currently in place.remarkably/strikingly/startlingly similar· The results of each study are remarkably similar.quite/fairly similar· The two species are quite similar.somewhat similar· Their reactions were somewhat similar.THESAURUSsimilar adjective almost the same: · Jo said she’d had a similar experience.· The colours are very similar, but I like this one best.like preposition similar to something or someone else: · It tastes a little like chicken.· She still looks like a teenager.alike adjective [not before noun] very similar – used especially about the way people look or behave: · She and her sister look alike.· Lawyers are all alike - I don’t trust them.close adjective very similar: · The film bears a close resemblance to real life (=is very similar).· The painting is remarkably close to the original.much the same very similar: · The glass is still made in much the same way as it was 100 years ago.· People are much the same, wherever you go.· She still looks very much the same.identical adjective exactly the same: · The two computers were identical in design.· identical namesmatching adjective having the same colour, style, pattern etc as something else – used about clothes or furniture that you wear or use together: · She wore matching silver shoes and handbag.· a dining table and matching chairsakin to something formal fairly similar to something: · These dialects are akin to Arabic, though different in several respects.
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similar
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类似的(100%)
n.类似物
adj.相似的
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