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dissimilar

adjective
🔊/dɪˈsɪmɪlə(r)/
🔊/dɪˈsɪmɪlər/
(formal)
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  1. 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.两种语言彼此完全不同。
    opposite similar
    Extra Examples
    • His 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。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • highly
    • markedly
    • radically
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • to
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + similar, on the pattern of Latin dissimilis, French dissimilaire.