雅思近義詞匯辨析：same與similar

　　same, similar

　　這一對(duì)形容詞的涵義并不相同。

　　Same是“同一的”、“一樣的”、“沒有變的”;similar是“相像的”、“類似的”。因此，the same mistake 是“同樣的錯(cuò)誤”，a similar mistake是“類似的錯(cuò)誤”;on the same plan是“以同一的方法”，on a similar plan是“以類似的方法”。

　　另一點(diǎn)要注意的是，same之前要用the、this或that 等詞，只有在口語(yǔ)里例外。similar之后用to，不用with。same的名詞是sameness;similar的名詞是similarity。

　　請(qǐng)看下面例句：

　　I'm in the same class with him.

　　我和他在同一個(gè)班里讀書。

　　The patient is much the same as yesterday.

　　病人的情況和昨日大致一樣。

　　You can pay now or later; it's all the same to me.

　　你現(xiàn)在付也好，以后付也好，對(duì)我來說都一樣。

　　有時(shí)候，same和this、that、these、those等詞連用，可以表示嘲笑、侮蔑等意。例：

　　What is the use of this (that) same patience?

　　如此忍耐又有何用?

　　下面是similar的例子：

　　The cat and the tiger have similar features.

　　貓同虎有類似的特點(diǎn)。

　　A cat is similar to a tiger in many ways.

　　貓同虎有很多地方相像。

　　Gold is similar in colour to brass.

　　黃金和黃銅的顏色很相像。

　　A high-level delegation has arrived for talks apparently aimed at trying to revive a similar relationship that has waned in recent years.

　　一個(gè)高層代表團(tuán)到來會(huì)談，顯然想改善近年采已衰退的關(guān)系，恢復(fù)類似以前的關(guān)系。