resemble: [14] Resemble goes back ultimately to Latin similis ‘like’, source of English similar. From it was formed the verb similāre ‘imitate’, which passed into Old French as sembler ‘be like, seem’ (source of English semblance). Addition of the intensive prefix re- produced resembler ‘be very like’ – whence English resemble. => similar
resemble (v.)
mid-14c., from Old French resembler "belike" (12c., Modern French ressemble), from re-, intensive prefix, + sembler "to appear, to seem, be like," from Latin simulare "to copy" (see similar (adj.)). Related: Resembled; resembling.
中文解释
1、re- "again or intensive prefix" + sembl- + -e.
实用例句
1. Did it resemble the earth when this was destitute of an atmosphere?
它同地球上还没有大气的时候一样 吗 ?
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2. The pattern so obtained will not resemble any of the others.
所得到的这个图样将不同于其他各种特征图样.
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3. His nails resemble the ivory keys of the spinet.
他的指甲象白色的琴键一样.
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4. China's south does not at all resemble the U.S. south.
中国的南方一点也不象美国的南部.
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5. In these respects, the fossils resemble modern humans.