小白老师说：我们在医博英语考试的写作中常常会需要表达“相同”或“相似”这两个概念，怎么表达才地道呢？有哪些固定的表达方式和句型呢？

好，我们先来测试一下，请大家先在心里把下面这7个句子默默地翻译一下，然后再决定要不要细读本文。

1. 艾滋病病毒感染者外表和正常人一样。
2. 这种病像皮肤癌但又不是皮肤癌。
3. 同样的原因产生同样的结果。
4. 他们处理这种消毒骨的方法与处理骨折的方法相同。
5. 一位美国科学家报导了类似的发现。
6. 他们的身体需要咖啡或茶就像吸烟者需要烟叶一样。
7. 像体温一样，生存质量是可以科学测量的。

如果你能把这几句话能顺畅地用英文表达出来，那恭喜你，可以愉快地绕行了！如果不能，没关系，快来看一下如何用英语地道地表达“相同”和“相似”，新技能速速Get!

常用结构

1. …as … as

   A is as good as B.

   A studies as hard as B.

   A studies hard just as B does.

2. 利用形容词及动词词组来表达

   same as sth.

   similar to sth.

3. 利用介词来表达比较

like

A is like B.
4. 利用副词及副词短语来表达

In a similar way, …

In the same way, …

Likewise, …

Similarly …

好的，下面我们将用大量的句子来举例说明该如何用英语恰当地表达“相同与相似”

1. 走路可给予你许多与慢跑或跑步同样的益处，只不过所花的时间长一些。

Walking can bring you many of the same benefits as jogging or running does, though it takes more time.

Walking can benefit you just as jogging or running does, but it takes more time.

Like jogging or running, walking can bring you many benefits, though it is more time -consuming.

2. 蛋白质的供热量与碳水化合物相同，但价格较贵。
Although protein can provide the same amount of calories as carbohydrate does, it is more expensive.

Like carbohydrate, protein can provide calories, but it is more expensive.

3. 在这方面人和动物一样。

It is the same with man as with animals.

Man and animals are the same in this.

Man and animals are similar in this.

Man and animals are alike in this.

There is a resemblance between man and animals in this.

4. 这是因为非典引起的症状与许多其他疾病相似。

This is because SARS produces signs like many other sicknesses.

This is because SARS produces signs that are similar to those of other diseases.

This is because SARS produces signs that resemble those of other diseases.

5. 他的发现似乎与中国的一位科学家早些时候的研究相一致。

His findings seem to agree / accord with an earlier research by a Chinese scientist.

His finds seem to be in agreement with / in accord with an earlier research by a Chinese scientist.

His findings seem to be similar to those of an earlier research by a Chinese scientist.

6. 人生气时大脑释放的激素与紧张应激状态下分泌的激素相同。

When a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones that are produced during tense, stressful situations.

The hormones that are released by the brain when a person is angry are the same that are produced during tense and stressful situations.

7. 对有些人来说，喝茶就像刷牙洗脸一样，是早晨正常活动的一部分。

For some people dringking tea is as much a part of normal morning activities as brushing teeth or washing face.

For some people drinking tea is a part of normal morning activities as brushing teeth or washing face is.

For some people dringking tea is a part of normal morning activities like brushing teeth or washing face.

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