1
- different from; not similar to不像, 和…不同:
a large house not unlike Mr Shah's
一栋与沙先生房子相似的大房子
they were unlike anything ever seen before.
它们与以前看到过的完全不同。
1.1
- in contrast to; differently from与…相反, 与…不同:
unlike Elena he was not superstitious.
与埃琳娜不一样, 他不迷信。
1.2
- uncharacteristic of (someone)不是…的个性(或特点):
he sounded irritable, which was unlike him.
他口气很不耐烦, 这可不符合他的特点。
predic.
1- dissimilar or different from each other各不相同的:
they seemed utterly unlike, despite being twins.
虽然是孪生, 他们一点也不相像。
1.1
unlike to/from
archaic not like; different from〈古〉不像的, 和…不同的:he was very unlike to any other man.
他不同于其他任何男人。
USAGE
The use of unlike as a conjunction, as in she was behaving unlike she'd ever behaved before, is not considered standard English. It can be avoided by using as with a negative instead: she was behaving as she'd never behaved before .
派生词
unlikeness
noun词源
Middle English: perhaps originally an alteration of Old Norse úlíkr; compare with Old English ungelīc 'not of the same kind, not comparable'.