apples and oranges

EXAMPLE: Truck sales and automobile sales are apples and oranges – you can't compare them to understand consumer behavior because trucks and car are purchased for very different purposes.

卡车销售与汽车销售是两件看上去相似但实际上根本不同的事情&我们不能为了解消费者行为而将它们对比，因为人们购买卡车和轿车是出于完全不同的目的。

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Men and women are like apples and oranges.

（你认为桥牌和象棋哪个更难学？）——They are like apples and oranges.（它俩没法比较。）双语男人和女人是完全不同的。

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Many people eat apples and oranges.

许多人吃苹果和桔子。

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This is true if apples and oranges are of intrinsic interest on their own, but may not be if they are used to contribute to a wider question about fruit.

桔子和苹果有其本身各自的内在特性，但如果将它们加在一起算什么呢？

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Apples and oranges are common fruit.

苹果和桔子是常见的水果.

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There are fish, apples and oranges in the ice.

他们是深埋在冰层下的鱼, 苹果和橘子.

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They are like apples and oranges.

它俩没法比较。

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Apples and oranges are very nutritious food.

苹果和橙子是非常有营养的食物.

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Bananas, apples and oranges are all fruit.

香蕉 、 苹果和橘子都是水果.

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And for the winter months, have white pears, apples and oranges.

京晶：对于冬天的月份来说，吃白色的梨、苹果和橙子。

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Science and religion were apples and oranges.

那时候科学和宗教可说是苹果和橘子。

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Madam president, it is difficult to compare apples and oranges.

主席，要将苹果和橙作比较实在相当困难。

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colourful apples and oranges, plates of yellow butter, cooked chickens, boxes of chocolates and sugared sweets.

五颜六色的苹果和桔子、一盘盘的黄油、炖好的鸡、一盒盒的巧克力和糖果。

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Apples and oranges, tomatoes and potatoes

苹果和橙子，西红柿和马铃薯

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Sending a text message to someone is not the same as having a real relationship with them in real life. That's like comparing apples and oranges.

给某人发短信跟在真实生活里建立关系彼此相处是不一样的。

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He's eating apples and oranges and fruit salad too.

他在吃苹果，橘子还有水果色拉。

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After all, we're comparing apples and oranges: a warm, American-made cartoon full of indestructible characters and a dreary live-action film full of bloody.

毕竟两者不能相提并论：一部是充斥着不死英雄们的温馨美式卡通，一部是充满暴力血腥的，稍显沉闷的真人影片。

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Apples and oranges are fruits.

苹果和橙子都是水果.

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So then, to compare apples and oranges is to compare two very different things.

因此，比较苹果和橘子就是比较两种完全不同的东西。

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Germany and Brazil are two nations that dominate the World Cup, but their footballing styles are like apples and oranges.

德国和巴西在世界杯上的地位举足轻重，但他们的比赛风格却是截然不同。

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They really are apples and oranges.

他们确实是迥然不同。

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Then they all sat round the fire, eating apples and oranges.

他们团团围坐在炉火旁吃着苹果和桔子。

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Are there any apples and oranges in that bowl?

那个碗里面有没有一些苹果和橙子？

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What are the similarities and differences between apples and oranges?

苹果以及桔子有什麽相同?有什麽差别?

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Apples and oranges are all fruit.

苹果和橘子都是水果。

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( like) comparing apples and oranges – This expression is used when someone is talking about two non-similar items, but trying to compare them as though they were similar.

（like）comparing apples and oranges：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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-Is ice cold? Men and women are like apples and oranges.

男人和女人是完全不同的。

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Example: You can't compare who works harder, me or you; I am a teacher and you are a fisherman, and that is like comparing apples and oranges.

例句：我和你谁工作更努力不能拿来比较，我是老师，而你是新生，根本风马牛不相及。

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A common analogy is that systematic reviews bring together apples and oranges, and that combining these can yield a meaningless result.

一个普通的比喻是，将桔子和苹果放在一起作系统分析，将会产生一个无意义的结果。

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You can't compare apples and oranges.

苹果和橙一也不象，是没法比的。

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