same
adjective OPAL S
/seɪm/
/seɪm/
Idioms - exactly the one or ones referred to or mentioned; not different
同一的；相同的 - We have lived in the same house for twenty years.
我们在同一座房子里住了二十年了。 - Our children go to the same school as theirs.
我们的孩子和他们的孩子上同一所学校。 - She's still the same fun-loving person that I knew at college.
她仍爱耍爱闹，还是上大学时的那副老样子。 - This one works in exactly the same way as the other.
这个跟那个运转方法完全一样。 - They promise to meet again in the exact same place six months later.
他们承诺六个月后在同一个地方再次见面。 - They both said much the same thing.
他们两人的话大致一样。 - He used the very same (= exactly the same) words.
他用了完全相同的字眼儿。 - I resigned last Friday and left that same day.
我上星期五辞了职，当天就离开了。 - I was relieved and sad at the same time.
我感到既宽慰又难过。 - Gary and I look more or less the same age.
加里和我看起来年龄差不多。 - I recognized a lot of the same people.
我认出了很多同样的人。
Extra Examples- That's not quite the same thing, is it?
那并不完全是一回事，对吗？ - We can do the two things at one and the same time.
我们可以同时做这两件事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- exactly
- just
- precisely
- …
- as
- one and the same
- We have lived in the same house for twenty years.
- exactly like the one or ones referred to or mentioned
（与…）相同的，一模一样的 - I bought the same car as yours (= another car of that type).
我买了一辆车，和你那辆一模一样。 - She was wearing the same dress that I had on.
她穿的连衣裙和我穿的一样。 - The same thing happened to me last week.
上星期我也遇到了同样的事。 - Most parents tend to raise their children in much the same way they were raised
大多数父母倾向于以与他们被抚养长大的方式大致相同的方式抚养他们的孩子 - Other countries don't suffer from the same kinds of health problems we do.
其他国家没有遭受与我们相同的健康问题。 - Older adults may not get the same level of protection from the vaccine.
老年人可能无法从疫苗中获得相同水平的保护。
Extra Examples- Your new job will be essentially the same as your old one.
你的新工作基本上和原来的一样。 - They both taste just the same to me.
对我而言，这两样尝起来味道相同。 - Your dress is nearly the same as mine.
你的裙子跟我的几乎一样。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- exactly
- just
- precisely
- …
- as
- one and the same
- I bought the same car as yours (= another car of that type).
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse sami, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit sama, Greek homos.
Idioms Most idioms containing same are at the entries for the nouns and verbs in the idioms, for example be in the same boat is at boat.
same old, same old
- (informal) used to say that a situation has not changed at all
老样子；照旧不变 - ‘How's it going?’ ‘Oh, same old, same old.’
“情况怎么样？”“哦，还是老样子。”
- ‘How's it going?’ ‘Oh, same old, same old.’
the same old story, stuff, nonsense, etc.
- (informal) used to say that a situation or the excuses, products or entertainment being offered have not improved at all
老样子；老一套；老生常谈 - It's the same old story —budget cuts and government neglect.
这是同样的老故事——预算削减和政府忽视。 - The band's new album includes the same old stuff they've been playing forever.
乐队的新专辑包含了他们一直在演奏的老东西。
- It's the same old story —budget cuts and government neglect.