sameness

英 [ˈseɪmnəs]

美 [ˈseɪmnəs]

n.  相同性; 同一性; 千篇一律; 单调

BNC.23661 / COCA.17292

牛津词典

noun

• 相同性；同一性；千篇一律；单调
  the quality of being the same; a lack of variety
  1. She grew tired of the sameness of the food.
     饭菜单调，她都吃腻了。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 千篇一律;单调;无变化
  Thesamenessof something is its lack of variety.
  1. He grew bored by the sameness of the speeches.
     这些千篇一律的演讲让他心生厌烦。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
  1. he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
  2. he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
  3. he hated the sameness of the food the college served
  Synonym:monotonyhumdrum
• the quality of being alike
  1. sameness of purpose kept them together

双语例句

• The bland sameness of space is at the root of both momentum conservation and angular-momentum conservation.
  平淡无奇的空间一致性，既是动量守恒的根本，又是角动量守恒的根本。
• Life in prison gives an experience of routine stifling sameness.
  监狱生活给人一种平淡压抑、雷同单调的经历。
• So that's the method of sameness and the method of differences.
  所以这是相同方法，和不同方法。
• The differences reflects their different culture and history while the sameness reveals the universality of mankind.
  两种姓氏的不同，体现出各自不同的文化与历史，它们的相同之处，则反映出人类的共性。
• Synonymy: is the technical name for the sameness relation.
  同义关系：是相同关系的专业术语。
• There is a sameness about all these tales. They're so stereotyped--all about talented scholars and lovely ladies.
  这些书就是一套子，左不过是些才子佳人，最没趣儿。
• Despite this bedrock sameness, HP and IBM are pushing forward on different paths.
  尽管历史底蕴非常相似，但惠普和IBM的发展道路大不一样。
• But some feel we should celebrate differences, not encourage sameness.
  但一些人认为，我们应当赞美差异，而不该鼓励一致。
• He grew bored by the sameness of the speeches.
  这些千篇一律的演讲让他心生厌烦。
• The reason why "harmony" is the prime of Confucianism lies in the fact that the Confucian scholars have made a distinction between "harmony" and "sameness"( tong) from their narrowest senses.
  之所以强调“和”为儒学之精义，还在于儒家在严格意义上，进行了“和”、“同”之辨，从而也使儒家之“和”范畴至今仍具有强大的生命力。