This expression is used when someone is talking about two non-similar items, but trying to compare them as though they were similar.

当某个人在讨论两个不相同的事物，但又试图把它们像相同的事物一样进行比较，可以使用这种表达。

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Researchers found that mothers and non-mothers ate similar quantities of nutritious foods - whole grains, fruits, vegetables - but moms also ate more unhealthy foods.

研究人员发现有孩子跟没有孩子的母亲吃的营养食品数量差不多——全谷类，水果，蔬菜——但是有孩子的母亲吃更多的不健康食物。

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Therefore, even art and non-art images with similar content should evoke different responses from viewers.

因此，即使具有类似内容的艺术品和非艺术品，受众的反应也是不同的。

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The times for both groups were similar, but the non-amputees were able to perform the movements faster.

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The legislation crafted by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman, like a similar bill in the Senate, would prohibit non-U.S.companies selling, or enabling the sale or transport of refined petroleum products to Iran, from doing business in the United States.

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Both counties have a population of roughly seven hundred thousand, similar public-health statistics, and similar percentages of non-English speakers, illegal immigrants, and the unemployed.

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In the PGM legacy report, action by non-commercials was similar, with speculators adding to gross longs and cutting gross shorts.

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If the banks enjoy too much protection, they have little incentive to compete on price or quality with other banks, or indeed with non-banks offering similar services.

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