Or perhaps a better word would be what is it to be reminded of something by something else that resembles it but is not the thing it reminds you of.

更恰当一点的说法是,你是如何因为另一个类似的事物,而不是这个事物本身,联想到这个事物的

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So, "It's like" is good in comparing an object, person, place or thing to something else.

所以，“It's like”句型在比较物体、人物、地点与事物的时候非常有用。

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