| 单词 |
like |
| 例句 |
like verb | preposition
1 verb 1.•I like Tony:be fond of, be attached to, have a soft spot for, have a liking for, have regard for, think well of, admire, respect, esteem | be attracted to, fancy, find attractive, be keen on, be taken with | be infatuated with, carry a torch for | informal be crazy about, have a crush on, have a thing for, have the hots for, dig, take a shine to. ANT hate. 2.•she likes gardening:enjoy, have a taste for, have a preference for, have a liking for, be partial to, find/take pleasure in, be keen on, find agreeable, have a penchant for, have a passion for, find enjoyable | appreciate, love, adore, relish | informal have a thing about, be into, be mad about, be hooked on, get a kick out of. ANT hate. 3.•feel free to say what you like:choose, please, wish, want, see fit, think fit, care to, will. 4.•how would she like it if someone did that to her? feel about, regard, think about, consider.
2 preposition 1.•you're just like a teacher:similar to, the same as, identical to. 2.•the figure landed like a cat:in the same way as, in the same manner as, in the manner of, in a similar way to. 3.•cities like Joplin:such as, for example, for instance | in particular, namely. 4.•he sounded mean, which isn't like him:characteristic of, typical of, in character with.▶noun •we'll never see his like again:equal, match, equivalent, counterpart, twin, parallel | rare compeer.▶adjective •a like situation:similar, much the same, comparable, corresponding, resembling, alike, analogous, parallel, equivalent, cognate, related, kindred | identical, same, matching. ANT dissimilar.WORD NOTE like Setting aside the adolescent propensity for like as a syntactical oral hiccup, there is no more grating solecism than this word's use as a conjunction. Such a practice transforms good writers into country bumpkins. By comparison, the widely abused hopefully and the inexcusable irregardless sound positively learned. Admittedly, this is a prejudice, since like has been employed as a conjunction (at least in speech) for centuries. Still, it's hard not to wince when reading •like I said or •He was running like he was a man on fire. Nearly always as or as if is called for. A useful hint: Avoid like when it would connect two independent clauses. Drop the words •he was from the second example and •like would be acceptable: •He was running like a man on fire. If confused, stick with using like for comparisons: •He was, like Job, a man on fire. — MDConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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