dissimilar

Word family

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·sim·i·lar /dɪˈsɪmələ, dɪsˈsɪ- $ -ər/ AWL adjective SAMEnot the same 不相同的，不相似的 OPP similardissimilar to Madonna’s career is not dissimilar to (=is quite similar to) Cher’s. 麦当娜的艺术生涯与雪儿不无类似。► see thesaurus at different —dissimilarity /dɪˌsɪməˈlærəti, dɪsˌsɪ-/ noun [countable, uncountable] dissimilarities between the US and Britain 美国和英国的不同之处

Examples from the Corpus

dissimilar• They realized the advantages of working together, particularly because their temperatures were so dissimilar.• Marriage with close kin is generally forbidden in most societies and so, commonly, is marriage with people of dissimilar culture.• It is hard to imagine two ethnically identical and adjoining societies so dissimilar in style and philosophy.• The hull contained a mass of dissimilar metals: steel, cast and malleable iron, brass. bronze and lead.• Johnson held a not dissimilar reciprocal opinion, comparing Monboddo to another of his own bugbears, Rousseau.• There's a similar sense of humour and a dissimilar sense of space.• The organic matter is extremely old and quite dissimilar to biological material.not dissimilar to• Madonna's career is not dissimilar to Cher's.• Although the programmes devised in the late 1980s were not dissimilar to earlier statements, there were some variations in emphasis.• Several countries have legal systems which are not dissimilar to our own.• It often seems that her role was not dissimilar to that of John the Baptist.• The issue is not dissimilar to the general question of identifying what assets are included in the sale and what are excluded.• They would in fact be applying a test for review not dissimilar to the one about to be examined. 2.• The media for political socialization in Britain are not dissimilar to those in the United States and many other polities.• One thousand years ago the Mayans were cranking out codices not dissimilar to today's illustrations.• His achievement in Cleveland was not dissimilar to yours in Berlin and Mravinsky's in Leningrad?

dis·sim·i·lar adjectiveChineseSyllable

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dissimilar
dis‧sim‧i‧lar AC /dɪˈsɪmələ, dɪˈsɪmɪlə, dɪsˈsɪ- $ -ər/

adjective

Word Family: noun: similarity ≠ dissimilarity; adverb: similarly; adjective: similar ≠ dissimilar

not the same
   OPP similar
    dissimilar to

Madonna’s career is not dissimilar to (=is quite similar to) Cher’s.
—dissimilarity /dɪˌsɪməˈlærəti, dɪˌsɪmɪˈlærəti, dɪsˌsɪ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]:

dissimilarities between the US and Britain

THESAURUS

   ▪ different if something or someone is different, they are not like something or someone else, or they are not like they were before: You look different. Have you had your hair cut? | We’ve painted the door a different colour. | The cultures of the two countries are very different.
   ▪ unique very different, special, or unusual and the only one of its kind. Don’t use words such as very before unique: The book is certainly very rare, and possibly unique. | the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands
   ▪ distinctive having a special feature or appearance that makes something different from other things, and makes it easy to recognize: Male birds have distinctive blue and yellow markings.
   ▪ unlike [prep] completely different from a particular person or thing: In Britain, unlike the United States, the government provides health care.
   ▪ have nothing in common if two people have nothing in common, they do not have the same interests or opinions and therefore cannot form a friendly relationship: Apart from the fact that we went to the same school, we have absolutely nothing in common.
   ▪ there’s no/little resemblance used when saying that two people or things seem very different: There’s no resemblance between the two sisters at all. | The final product bore no resemblance to the original proposal (=it was very different).
   ▪ dissimilar formal not the same as something else: These four politically dissimilar states have all signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation.
   ▪ be like chalk and cheese British English informal if two people are like chalk and cheese, they are completely different: It’s hard to believe that they’re brothers – they’re like chalk and cheese!
   ▪ be (like) apples and oranges American English informal used when saying that two people or things are very different: You can't compare residential and commercial real estate markets. It's apples and oranges. | Obama and Romney are apples and oranges. | Comparing homemade soup to canned soup is really comparing apples and oranges.

dis·simi·lar AW

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/dɪˈsɪmɪlə(r)/

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NAmE

/dɪˈsɪmɪlər/

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adjective

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