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.
nCOLLOCATIONS
adverbs
very 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.
THESAURUS
similaradjectiveadj almost the same 相似的,近似的,类似的
Jo said she’d had a similar experience.
乔说她有过类似的经历。
The colours are very similar, but I like this one best.
这些颜色都很像,但我最喜欢这种颜色。
likeprepositionprepsimilar to something or someone else 像,类似
It tastes a little like chicken.
味道有点像鸡肉。
She still looks like a teenager.
她看上去还是像十几岁的人。
alikeadjectiveadj [not before noun] very similar – used especially about the way people look or behave 尤指人的外表或行为〕很相似的,相像的
She and her sister look alike.
她和她妹妹长得很像。
Lawyers are all alike - I don’t trust them.
律师都一样——我不相信他们。
closeadjectiveadj very similar 非常相似的
The film bears a close resemblance to real life (=is very similar).
这部影片和现实生活非常相似。
The painting is remarkably close to the original.
这幅画酷似原作。
much the same very similar 几乎相同的,差不多的
The glass is still made in much the same way as it was 100 years ago.
玻璃的制作方法依然和一百年前几乎一样。
People are much the same, wherever you go.
人都差不多,不管你到哪里。
nShe still looks very much the same.
identicaladjectiveadj exactly the same 一模一样的
The two computers were identical in design.
这两台电脑设计上一模一样。
identical names
相同的名字
matchingadjectiveadj having the same colour, style, pattern etc as something else – used about clothes or furniture that you wear or use together 〔衣服或家具的颜色、风格、式样等〕相配的
She wore matching silver shoes and handbag.
她脚上穿的银色鞋子和手提包很配。
a dining table and matching chairs
一张餐桌和配套的椅子
akin to something formal fairly similar to something 和某事物相似
These dialects are akin to Arabic, though different in several respects.
remarkably/strikingly similar• By 8, an age when problems at school often emerge because of increasedacademicexpectations, both groups were remarkably similar.• Despite the difference in overalllevel of performance the relationship between risk and recognition performance in the two studies was remarkably similar.• To my mind they are remarkably similar.• For those aged over 65 the responses were remarkably similar for both males and females.• These cases have followed a strikingly similar pattern.• All 43 TexasCowboys and pledges who were at the initiationpicnic in Bastrop County tell strikingly similarstories about that night.• The comet Tempel-Tuttle follows an orbit that is strikingly similar to that of the Leonids.• Often Dawson's ideas are remarkably similar to those of Eliot.
Originsimilar
(1500-1600)Frenchsimilaire, from Latinsimilis“like, similar”
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, look, sound, taste相似;感覺近似;看起來類似;聽起來類似;嚐起來類似➤appear, seem似乎/好像類似➤become變得相似▸➤remain仍然相似ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常相似▸➤remarkably, strikingly極其相似;驚人地相似◇The three portraits are remarkably similar.這 3 幅肖像驚人地相似。➤basically, broadly, essentially, fundamentally, roughly, vaguely基本相似;大致相似;本質上相似;比較類似;有幾分相似◇countries with broadly similar characteristics具有大致相似特點的國家➤superficially表面相似◇Their experiences are superficially similar.他們的經歷表面上看很相似。➤qualitatively, substantially性質上/基本上相似➤surprisingly令人吃驚地相似➤eerily, uncannily怪異地/不尋常地相似◇The scene in the picture was eerily similar to what I had seen in my dream.怪異的是,照片裏的情景和我的夢境很相似。PREPOSITION➤in在⋯方面相似◇The two houses are similar in size.這兩幢房子大小差不多。➤to類似於⋯◇Snake meat tastes similar to chicken.蛇肉嚐起來跟雞肉差不多。