unlike
preposition /ˌʌnˈlaɪk/
/ˌʌnˈlaɪk/
- different from a particular person or thing
不像；与…不同 - Music is quite unlike any other art form.
音乐与其他艺术形式迥然不同。 - The sound was not unlike that of birds singing.
这声音有点像鸟鸣。
- Music is quite unlike any other art form.
- used to contrast somebody/something with another person or thing
（用于对比）与…不同 - Unlike most systems, this one is very easy to install.
本系统与多数系统不同，极易安装。
Language Bank contrastcontrastHighlighting differences突出差异／不同 - This survey highlights a number of differences in the way that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.
这项民意测验凸显出英国十几岁的男孩和女孩在打发闲暇时间上的诸多不同。
- This survey highlights a number of differences in the way that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.
- One of the main differences between the girls and the boys who took part in the research was the way in which they use the internet.
参与了这项研究的女生和男生之间的主要差异之一在于他们使用互联网的方式。
- One of the main differences between the girls and the boys who took part in the research was the way in which they use the internet.
- Unlike the girls, who use the internet mainly to keep in touch with friends, the boys questioned in this survey tend to use the internet for playing computer games.
女生使用互联网主要是和朋友联系，这一点和男生不同，参与调查的男生往往是使用互联网来玩电脑游戏。
- Unlike the girls, who use the internet mainly to keep in touch with friends, the boys questioned in this survey tend to use the internet for playing computer games.
- The girls differ from the boys in that they tend to spend more time keeping in touch with friends on the phone or on social networking websites.
女孩和男孩的不同之处在于，她们倾向于花更多的时间通过电话或社交网站与朋友保持联系。
- The girls differ from the boys in that they tend to spend more time keeping in touch with friends on the phone or on social networking websites.
- Compared to the boys, the girls spend much more time chatting to friends on the phone.
与男孩相比，女孩花更多的时间在电话上和朋友聊天。
- Compared to the boys, the girls spend much more time chatting to friends on the phone.
- On average the girls spend four hours a week chatting to friends on the phone. In contrast, very few of the boys spend more than five minutes a day talking to their friends in this way.
女生平均每周花四个小时与朋友电话聊天。相比之下，很少有男生每天以这种方式与朋友聊天五分钟以上。
- On average the girls spend four hours a week chatting to friends on the phone. In contrast, very few of the boys spend more than five minutes a day talking to their friends in this way.
- The boys prefer competitive sports and computer games, whereas/while the girls seem to enjoy more cooperative activities, such as shopping with friends.
男生更喜欢竞技性体育运动和电脑游戏，而女生似乎更喜欢合作性活动，比如与朋友一起购物。
- The boys prefer competitive sports and computer games, whereas/while the girls seem to enjoy more cooperative activities, such as shopping with friends.
- When the girls go shopping, they mainly buy clothes and cosmetics. The boys, on the other hand, tend to purchase computer games or gadgets.
女生购物时主要买衣服和化妆品，而男生往往会买电脑游戏或小器具。
- When the girls go shopping, they mainly buy clothes and cosmetics. The boys, on the other hand, tend to purchase computer games or gadgets.
- Unlike most systems, this one is very easy to install.
- not typical of somebody/something
非…的特征 - It's very unlike him to be so late.
迟到这么久可实在不像他平时的作风。
- It's very unlike him to be so late.
词源Middle English: perhaps originally an alteration of Old Norse úlíkr; compare with Old English ungelīc ‘not of the same kind, not comparable’.