兩邊看起來一樣、做起來一樣
形容詞說「他們很像」，副詞說「他們做得一樣」——同一個比對動作，一個放在狀態上，一個放在動作上。
very similar · adjective · B1
very similar to each other, especially in how people look, sound, or behave.
相像；相似
核心畫面
Picture two things held up side by side and the eye finding no real difference — two brothers, two answers, two towns. Alike always needs a pair (or a group) and always looks across the gap between them. Sometimes it says they resemble each other; sometimes it says whatever we just said applies to both, with nothing left over for one side.
可以想成：兩樣東西被並排舉起來比對，眼睛看不出實質差別——兩兄弟、兩個答案、兩個小鎮。alike 永遠需要一對（或一…更多收起
可以想成：兩樣東西被並排舉起來比對，眼睛看不出實質差別——兩兄弟、兩個答案、兩個小鎮。alike 永遠需要一對（或一群），而且永遠是在看它們之間的那個縫。有時候它說的是「這兩個很像」，有時候是「剛剛講的話對兩邊一樣成立」，沒有一邊被漏掉。One branch
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Alikename
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A village in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India.
alikeadj/əˈlaɪk/
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Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
- Twins are physically alike, that is, similar-looking people on the outside.
- The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.
alikeadv/əˈlaɪk/
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In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
- We are all alike concerned in religion.
- As the Knight himself seemed tacitly to disclaim alike interest and controul over the immediate favourite of his lady, young Roland was, by circumstances, exempted from the strict discipline to which, as the retainer of a Scottish man of rank, he would otherwise have been subjected, according to all the rigour of the age.
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In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
- The new policy will benefit employees and customers alike.
- In the words of an official report (that might well apply to all the railways): "Public interest in the region of Cuenca is not favourable towards completion of the railway, probably because it has shifted towards the road construction programme now being favoured by the Government and public alike."
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。