analogy

英 [əˈnælədʒi]

美 [əˈnælədʒi]

n.  类比; 比拟; 比喻; 类推

复数：analogies　

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Collins.1 / BNC.5394 / COCA.5913

牛津词典

noun

• 类比；比拟；比喻
  a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features; a feature that is similar
  1. The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump.
     老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
  2. There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.
     以往的法律案件没有哪一宗可与此案类比。
• 类推；比拟
  the process of comparing one thing with another thing that has similar features in order to explain it
  1. learning by analogy
     用类推法学习

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 相似；类似；类推；类比
  If you make or draw ananalogy betweentwo things, you show that they are similar in some way.
  1. It is probably easier to make an analogy between the courses of the planets, and two trains travelling in the same direction.
     将行星的运行比作两列火车朝同一方向行驶可能更容易些。

英英释义

noun

• drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
  1. the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain
  2. the models show by analogy how matter is built up
• an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
• the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater
  Synonym:doctrine of analogy

双语例句

• This case is not on all fours with the other one, so no analogy can be drawn between them.
  这件案子与那件案子不完全相符。
• It combines calculation with analogy, and thus, forms its unique traditional style and method.
  它把擅长计算的推算和证明的推类结合起来，形成独特的传统风格和手段。
• This is an analogy to help you understand the different types of insurance.
  这是一个比喻，以帮助您了解不同种类的保险。
• This is only by way of analogy.; This is just an analogy.
  这不过是个比方。
• An analogy in XHTML is the use of style attributes or formatting elements like font and center.
  XHTML中的一个类似应用就是使用style属性或格式化元素，如font和center。
• In the meantime, analogy is of probability, similarity and exploration.
  同时，类比具有或然性、相似性和探索性的特征。
• The jogger made an analytical analogy between the ecology and geology.
  慢跑者在生态学和地质学之间进行了分析类比。
• Indeed, there is a very close analogy between optics and the description of particles.
  诚然，在光学和粒子的描述之间，有一种极为相近的类似。
• He draw an analogy between human body and society.
  他将人体和社会作了类比。
• The accursed shark alone can in any generic respect be said to bear comparative analogy to the dog.
  就一般情况说来，只有那种可恶的鲨鱼，才可以说是具有跟狗相似的癖性。