unlike

un·like1 /ʌnˈlaɪk/ W3 prepositionprep

1 DIFFERENTcompletely different from a particular person or thing 不像…；和…不同

Tammy was unlike any other woman I have ever known.

塔米和我认识的其他女人都不一样。

2 TYPICAL#not typical of someone at all 不是…的特点

It’s unlike Greg to be late.

迟到可不是格雷格的作风。

3 used when saying how one person or thing is different from another 与…不同

Unlike most people in the office, I don’t come to work by car.

和办公室大多数同事不同，我不是开车上班的。

4 not unlike similar to 与…相似

In appearance John is not unlike his brother.

约翰和他兄弟长得有些像。

The landscape is not unlike that of Scotland.

这景色和苏格兰相似。

Examples from the Corpus

not unlike that of• James's role, in fact, was not unlike that of the attacking centre-halves of the pre-1925 era.• Popular literature appealing to the semi-educated proliferated, reflecting the growth of a reading public not unlike that of the contemporary West.• Its model is not unlike that of the language-game of time.• It was a view not unlike that of the proponents of Athenian expansionism during the time of Thucydides.• The effect is not unlike that of the script of a play with stage directions.

Examples from the Corpus

unlike• Ashley was unlike any woman I have ever known.

unlike2 adjectiveadj literary

DIFFERENTnot alike 不同的，不相似的 SYN different► see thesaurus at different

Examples from the Corpus

unlike• Not unlike Anglican Bishops, he felt, impressive enough in bulk but with tiny, tiny heads.• Prostration comes in spells, unlike Arsenicum where it is continuous.• Cellulose, unlike cotton duck and linen, does not contract or expand due to atmospheric conditions.• She believes she is doing a public service not unlike doctors or firemen.• For years it had been unlike Jenny to notice, or at least to comment upon, what time he arrived home.• And, unlike most other House panels, the ethics committee conducts virtually all of its business behind closed doors.• But Iraty has survived gloriously, unlike other local forests, which were exploited half to death.• The situation is not unlike that in astronomy after the Copernican revolution.• Fanny argues that her temper and Henry's are too unlike to get married.

unlike3n verb [transitiveT]

nto show on Facebook that you no longer like or agree with something, after showing that you liked it