| 释义 |
dissimilar Some language commentators insist that dissimilar should be followed by to when it needs the complement or a prepositional phrase, but in actual usage, dissimilar is just as likely to be followed by from: • These pumps ... were not dissimilar to those once familiar to everyone on a farm —James B. Conant, On Understanding Science, 1947 • ... but the military requirements are not dissimilar from those for defense —Fletcher Pratt, New Republic, 24 Feb. 1941 |