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词汇 semblable
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Definition of semblable in English:

semblable

noun ˈsɛmbləb(ə)lˈsembləbəl
literary
  • A counterpart or equal to someone.

    〈诗/文〉对应的人;对等的人

    there was Dodge, her semblable, her conspirator

    有道奇,与她级别相同,是她的同谋。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His self-analysis in paint draws us in as analysts who are also, as Baudelaire would have put it, his semblables, his spiritual kin.
    • Understood in the neo-Scholastic sense, the mold represents the infinitely reproducible semblables.

Origin

Middle English (as an adjective meaning 'like, similar'): from Old French, from sembler 'seem'.

Definition of semblable in US English:

semblable

nounˈsembləbəl
literary
  • A counterpart or equal to someone.

    〈诗/文〉对应的人;对等的人

    this person is our brother, our semblable, our very self
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Understood in the neo-Scholastic sense, the mold represents the infinitely reproducible semblables.
    • His self-analysis in paint draws us in as analysts who are also, as Baudelaire would have put it, his semblables, his spiritual kin.

Origin

Middle English (as an adjective meaning ‘like, similar’): from Old French, from sembler ‘seem’.

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