| 单词 | likeness |
| 例句 | likeness noun 1.•her likeness to Anne is quite uncanny:resemblance, similarity, similitude, correspondence. ANT dissimilarity. 2.•she appeared in the likeness of a ghost:semblance, guise, appearance, outward form, form, shape, image. 3.•a likeness of the president:representation, image, depiction, portrayal | picture, drawing, sketch, painting, portrait, photograph, study | statue, sculpture.CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD likeness, affinity, analogy, resemblance, similarity, similitude Two sisters who are only a year apart in age and who are very similar to each other in terms of appearance and personality would be said to bear a likeness to one another. Similarity applies to people or things that are merely somewhat alike (•there was a similarity between the two women, both of whom were raised in the Midwest), while resemblance suggests a similarity only in appearance or in superficial or external ways (•with their short hair and blue eyes, they bore a strong resemblance to each other). Affinity adds to resemblance a natural kinship, temperamental sympathy, common experience, or some other relationship (•she has an affinity for young children). Similitude is a more literary word meaning likeness or similarity in reference to abstract things (•a similitude of the truth). An analogy is a comparison of things that are basically unlike but share certain attributes or circumstances (•he drew an analogy between the human heart and a bicycle pump).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word. |
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