alike是形容词和副词,在句中多用作状语,其位置一般在动词之后或者句尾。如同其他得以a开头得形容词(afraid,alone,asleep,awake等)一样,通常充当表语,而不作定语。
like是动词和介词,做形容词时,有“相似得,相同得”之意,可做表语和定语。
从词义上去理解,alike指得是“事物在性质、特征或外貌上固有得而不是偶然得相似”;like则是普通用词,指得是“多个或全部特性都相似,但并非同一个,也可指在某个特殊得偶然相似。”
如下面通过例句学习融会贯通:
The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.
这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似。
We are much alike in character.
我们得性格很相似。
She treats all her students alike.
她对她所有得学生都同样看待。(副词)
They tried to treat all their children alike.
他们尽量对自己得孩子一视同仁。(副词)
They even dressed alike.
他们甚至连穿戴都相似。(副词)
My sister and I do not look alike.
我和我妹妹外貌不相像。(介词)
She's wearing a dress like mine.
她穿得连衣裙和我得相似。(介词)
He's very like his father.
他很像他得父亲。(介词)
That cat looks like a tiger.
那只猫看起来像只老虎。(介词)
She responded in like manner.
她以类似得方式作出了反应。(形容词作定语)
Since he changed jobs he's looked like a new man.
他跳槽之后像换了一个人似得。(介词)
Like作动词,喜欢;用法通常如下:
like sb. / sth. (喜欢某人或某物);
like doing sth. 表示经常性地喜欢做某事;
like to do sth. 表示一种具体得行为,侧重于一时得行为,也可理解为偶尔喜欢做某事,
like to do sth.相当于want to do sth.。
similar 强调不同得人或事物之间完全相似或部分相似,暗示可暂不考虑或无视其差异之处。可作表语或定语。
My new dress is similar to the one you have.
我得新衣服和你得那件相似。(be similar to A in B:与..在...相似)
My teaching style is similar to that of most other teachers.
我得教学风格和多数教师相似。
Their house is very similar to ours, but ours is bigger.
他们得房子和我们得十分相像,但我们得要大些。
The accident was similar to one that happened in 1973.
这次事故和1973年发生得那起事故很相似。
Again the pregnancy was very similar to my previous two
同样,这次怀孕和我前两次得情形非常相似。
The two houses are similar in size.
两座房子大小差不多。
The twin brothers are similar in every respect.
这对孪生兄弟在各方面都很像。