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单词 same
释义 same
I. \ˈsām\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse samr, sami; akin to Old English (swā) same likewise, Old High German & Gothic sama same, Latin similis like, sem- one, simul together, at the same time, Greek homos same, heis, hen one, hama together, Sanskrit sama level, equal, same, sam together
1.
 a. : resembling in every way : not different in relevant essentials at one time
  < we must not expect to be all happy in the same degree — James Boswell >
 b. : conforming in every respect — used with as
  < eat the same rations as the captain — H.A.Chippendale >
  < gave him the same answer as before >
2.
 a. : being one without addition, change, or discontinuance : having one nature or individuality : of like nature or identity : identical, selfsame
  < you can't do the same thing all the time — Jimmy Cannon >
  < speakers and hearers, who may be one and the same persons — Gilbert Ryle >
 b. : being the one under discussion or already referred to
  < the committee backing the fare increase is the same committee that recently issued an urgent plea to curb inflation >
  — often used as an intensive
  < used six quotations from this same book >
3. : corresponding so closely as to be indistinguishable : closely similar : comparable
 < mother and son have the same black eyes >
 < the way two different drivers treat … the same sets of tires — R.L.Rosekrans >
 < the form is diverse; the essence is the same — Havelock Ellis >
Synonyms:
 same, selfsame, very, identical, identic, equivalent, equal, and tantamount can apply to one thing not different from another or things not differing from each other. same may imply, and selfsame always implies, that the things under consideration are only one thing
  < the systems of all three countries conform to the same standards of … justice and fair play — John Moylan >
  < in efficiency, one method may be the same as another >
  < each question was directed to the selfsame urgent end — E.M.Lustgarten >
  < voted out of power … by the selfsame people who had put them into office in the first place — B.F.Fairless >
  very can often be no different from selfsame
  < what others have thought about the very problems that face us now — C.F.Strubbe >
  < here in this very town there was once a cafe — Carson McCullers >
  < the very man I was looking for >
  identical implies selfsameness or absolute agreement in all details
  < consists of several hundred identical shacks arranged in rows — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
  < we are not identical with our former self — Alexis Carrel >
  identic is the same as identical but has a chiefly diplomatic or governmental provenience
  < collective or identic notes utilized by the powers in making joint representation to a government — G.H.Stuart >
  < the resolution is identic with a resolution enacted last year — U.S. Code >
  < the president in identic letters addressed to the attorney general, the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy, notified them of his approval — F.A.Howard >
  equivalent applies to things estimated against each other and implies amounting to the same thing
  < instead of matching it with an equivalent folly, we wish to offer an alternative — Herbert Agar >
  < the voters, who for practical purposes are equivalent to the people — W.J.Shepard >
  < the accumulation of property is therefore equivalent to a concentration of power or sovereignty over the lives of those who need the goods owned by others — M.R.Cohen >
  equal signifies identical in some specific way, as in height, amount, or effectiveness
  < in many counties cattle and sheep are of almost equal importance — American Guide Series: Nevada >
  < when our men have equal weapons in their hands — Sir Winston Churchill >
  < the picture cannot be painted if the significant and the insignificant are given equal prominence — B.N.Cardozo >
  < two boys equal in size and age >
  tantamount is the same as equivalent but applies only to one of two equivalent things, usually nonmaterial
  < an article of faith, the denial of which is tantamount to treason — Archibald MacLeish >
  < failure to publish is tantamount to suppression — R.H.Rovere >
  < production of coal is tantamount to the destruction of stored energy — W.P.Webb >
II. pronoun
Etymology: Middle English, from same (I)
1.
 a. : something identical with or similar to another
  < an actual apple or a picture of the same — Einar Haugen >
  < the rules … are the same which govern professional big-league play — C.L.Biemiller >
  < when by sheer luck you strike a wedding … and when by more of the same you reach Vienna on a feast day — Claudia Cassidy >
 b. obsolete : something that is a counterpart — used with that
  < such was thy zeal to Israel then, the same that now to me — John Milton >
2. : something that has previously been defined or described
 < ran up big bills … but was not very strong on paying same — Bennett Cerf >
 < each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the sameU.S. Constitution >
 < have in his possession gold certificates after same had been registered at Washington — F.A.Limpert >

- the same
III. adverb
Etymology: same (I)
: in the same manner : the same
 < may be applied with … connector strips, same as any other wallboard — Stonewall Board >
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