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

• 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。
• 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。
• So the secret to personal identity on this new proposal isn't sameness of body, is sameness of personality.
  所以新提案中人格同一性的关键，不在于同样的肉体，而在于同样的人格。
• Puns exasperate after a while, tall tales have a certain sameness, misspelling is a strain to read.
  双关语用滥了看了令人生厌，荒诞不经的故事有点千篇一律，错误的拼写使人读起来特别吃力。
• But they have some differences. Science is asking for sameness, and art difference.
  但是，它们又有一定的区别，科学是求同，艺术是求异；
• The development trend of culture in global integration which is the feature of our time is the most controversial issue, and many standpoints occur accordingly, including the theory of civilization sameness and civilization conflict.
  摘要全球一体化是当今时代的特征，全球一体化中文化发展趋势是最具争议性的课题，文明趋同论和文明冲突论等各种学说、观点粉墨登场。
• Even though there are souls, they may not be the key to personal identity, maybe sameness of the body is the key to personal identity.
  即使灵魂存在，它们也不是人格同一性的，关键，也许同样的肉体，才是人格同一性的关键。
• The principle of the uniformity of space might be called the principle of the sameness of nothingness.
  空间均匀性的原理可以叫做虚无同一性的原理。
• 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。
• But modern technology takes care of some of that sameness, providing electronic backdrop for the home team.
  但现代科技为主场队提供电子背景解决了这些无差别的情况。