Phrase
about the same
phrase
差不多；不相上下；大致相同
almost the same; nearly equal or very similar
不相上下
In use
Our test scores were about the same, so we both passed.
The two restaurants cost about the same, so let's pick the closer one.
I slept about the same amount as usual last night.
be about the same
Their scores are about the same.
他们的分数不相上下。
about the same as sth
My salary is about the same as yours.
我的工资和你的差不多。
about the same + n
We spent about the same amount of time.
我们花了差不多相同的时间。
Common mistakes
The prices are about same.The prices are about the same.
在固定短语 'about the same' 中，必须包含冠词 'the'，表示‘大致相同’。遗漏 'the' 是不符合英语习惯的。
The two results are the same about.The two results are about the same.
英语中，短语 'about the same' 的词序固定，'about' 应放在 'the same' 之前。按中文语序将 'about' 后置是错误的。
Connections
Dictionary facts from BridgeDict normalized sources.