词组 | resemblance |
释义 | resemblance /rɪˈzembləns/ noun a situation in which two people or things are similar, especially in the way they lookadjectives/nouns + resemblancea close/strong resemblance This photograph shows that she bears a close resemblance to her mother as a young woman.a striking resemblance (=very strong and noticeable) There’s a striking resemblance between the brothers.a remarkable resemblance (=unusual or surprising) Everyone notices the remarkable resemblance between her and her friend.an uncanny resemblance (=so strong that you almost cannot believe it) He bears an uncanny resemblance to the Hollywood star.a slight/faint/passing resemblance (=not strong) Don’t you think she has a slight resemblance to that blonde singer in Abba?a superficial resemblance (=when something seems like something else, but is in fact quite different) The animal’s spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog.sb’s physical resemblance to sb People often commented on his physical resemblance to his father.a family resemblance (=between members of the same family) Although they were brothers, there was no family resemblance between them.verbsthere is a resemblance between sb/sth There is definitely a resemblance between the two girls.bear/have a resemblance to sb/sth (=seem similar) People said he bore a striking resemblance to the president.bear little/no resemblance to sb/sth (=seem very different) The film bears little resemblance to the book. | He bore no resemblance to the photograph in the newspaper.see a resemblance I don’t see any resemblance between your job and mine.prepositionsa resemblance to sb/sth Did you notice his resemblance to his father?a resemblance between people/things The resemblance between the two paintings was striking. |
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