resemble: to look like or be similar to someone or something.
resemble 是及物动词，意思是像，类似于，这个词很简洁，可以替换我们熟悉的look like, be alike, be similar to. 当我们想表示两个东西在某一方面很像，或者将两个事物作对比时，就可以使用resemble, 有时也可以在比喻中使用它。
她和父亲长得很像。She looks like her father. [She resembles her father.]
这些房子看起来很像。The houses closely resemble each other.
拉斯维加斯和澳门的经济增长方式很像。
Las Vegas's economic growth is much like Macau's.
Las Vegas's economic growth is similar to/ resembles that of Macau.
[经济学人用例]
It is largely through eating more pork and dairy that Chinese diets have come to resemble Western ones, rich in protein and fat.
In the past decade, though, firms like Procter & Gamble, Nestle and Kraft Heinz have increasingly resembled overweight cyclists in a bike lane. They have looked sluggish next to smaller, more agile competitors. (这里其实用的是比喻，将大公司比作了大腹便便的自行车运动员，是resemble 非常灵活和高级的用法。)
For now, Conservative MPs resemble family members squabbling over a will before the sick relative has died.
Ukrainian politics have often resembled a reality show. Now a show is turning into reality. 乌克兰的喜剧演员当选总统。
应用：
1） 翻译：他和弟弟哪一方面都不像。
He barely resembles his brother in every respect.
2) 造句：typecasting 的定义
When a performer closely resembles in real life the character to be enacted, this is known as typecasting.
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