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- having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical相似的; 类似的; 相像的：
a soft cheese similar to brie
类似布里干酪的软奶酪
northern India and similar areas.
印度北部及类似地区。
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- Geometry (of geometrical figures) having the same shape, with the same angles and proportions, though of different sizes【几何】（几何图形）相似的。
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- chiefly archaic a person or thing similar to another〈主古〉相似之人（或物）。
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- （一般作similars）a substance that produces effects resembling the symptoms of particular diseases (the basis of homeopathic treatment)顺势药物（指疗效与某些疾病症状相似的药物, 为顺势疗法的基础）：
the principle of treatment by similars.
用顺势药物进行治疗的原理。
USAGE
The standard construction for similar is with to, as in I've had problems similar to yours. However， in British English， the construction similar as is sometimes used instead， as in I've had similar problems as yourself. This is not accepted as correct in standard English.
词源
late 16th cent. （also as a term in anatomy meaning 'homogeneous'）： from French similaire or medieval Latin similaris, from Latin similis 'like'.