identical
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++i·den·ti·cal /aɪˈdentɪkəl/ ●●○ AWL adjective SAMEexactly the same, or very similar 完全相同的；非常相似的 four identical houses 四幢一模一样的房子identical to/with Nutritionally, infant formulas are almost identical to breast milk. 从营养方面来说，婴儿配方奶粉和母乳几乎一样。 The ingredients are identical with those of competing products. 其成分和与之相竞争的产品相同。identical in The sisters were identical in appearance and character. 这对姐妹在相貌和性格上极其相似。► see thesaurus at same, similar —identically /-kli/ adverbExamples from the Corpus
identical• The number of seconds that have passed since your births remains identical.• To me the two patterns looked identical.• Twins, being of identical ages, are usually even better matched on environmental variables during upbringing than are siblings.• Obviously, all the team kites should be of identical design for aesthetic and performance reasons.• The tablets were identical in size, shape, and colour.• It is a striking feature of quantum mechanics, however, that for identical particles the rules are different.• Consumer groups have complained that the existing two-company system has led to nearly identical prices and plans.• three identical statues• The picture is identical to the one in the museum of Modern Art in New York.• On two grounds, then, humans are identical to the world; for this we have both cosmological and anthropological data.• I believe the Druid sacred groves to have been functionally identical with, and a direct continuity of, ley mark-clumps.identical to/with• These are identical to our bungalows Reference 3E but are built as part of a two storey development.• The integrated equilibrium is identical to that in chapter 7.• It is identical to the first carriages provided for the W.C.J.S. and may well be one of them.• It was identical to the first.• Its atomic properties turned out to be virtually identical with the Murmansk uranium.• On this score they were identical to the preceding game: slow starters with a propensity to give away simple penalties.• These results were identical to those found on Aburto, the gunman.• Detectives found envelopes identical to those used to post the letters.Origin identical (1500-1600) Medieval Latin identicus, from Late Latin identitas; → IDENTITYi·den·ti·cal adjectiveChineseSyllable
exactly the very similar or Corpus same,
identical
i‧den‧ti‧cal AC /aɪˈdentɪkəl/
adjectiveexactly the same, or very similar:
four identical houses
identical to/with
Nutritionally, infant formulas are almost identical to breast milk.
The ingredients are identical with those of competing products.
identical in
The sisters were identical in appearance and character.
—identically /-kli/ adverb
i‧den‧ti‧cal AC /aɪˈdentɪkəl/
adjectiveexactly the same, or very similar: identical to/with
identical in
—identically /-kli/ adverb
Making comparisons 进行比较
◆ This chart provides a comparison of the ways that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.这个图表对英国十几岁的男生和女生打发空闲时间的方式进行了对比。 ◆ In many cases, the results for boys and girls are virtually the same /identical .在许多情况下，对男女生的调查结果实际上是相同的。 ◆ In many cases, the results for boys are virtually the same as /identical to the results for girls.在许多情况下，对男生的调查结果实际上和对女生的调查结果是相同的。 ◆ Both boysand girls spend the bulk of their free time with friends.男生和女生的大部分空闲时间都和朋友一起度过。 ◆ Most of the boys do more than two hours of sport a week, as do many of the girls.大多数男生每周会做两个多小时的运动，这和许多女生是一样的。 ◆ Like many of the girls, most of the boys spend a large part of their free time using the Internet.像许多女孩子一样，大多数男孩子也把大量空闲时间花在上网。 ◆ The girls particularly enjoy using social networking websites. Similarly , nearly all the boys said they spent at least two to three hours a week on these sites.女生们特别喜欢上社交网站。同样，几乎所有男生都说他们每周在这些网站上花的时间至少有两到三个小时。