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

• There is an analogy between the human heart and a pump.
  人的心脏和泵有类似之处。
• This simulation is best used with teacher guidance because it presents an analogy of chemical reactions.
  该模拟最好和教师指导一起用，因为有介绍类似的化学反应。
• 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。
• Paul uses a simple analogy to illustrate his point.
  保罗用了一个简单的例子来说明这点。
• 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。
• A nonphysics analogy illustrates the nature of conservation law.
  我们用一个非物理学的比喻来说明守恒定律的性质。
• 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。
• Metaphors as a form of reasoning by analogy involve categorization, entailment and inference.
  隐喻是一种形式的类比推理涉及分类，蕴涵和推理。
• It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete.
  有时通过与某种具体事物的类比，更容易说明某个抽象的概念。
• And I made an analogy of values to a company are a lot like a constitution to a country.
  我把公司的价值观，和国家的宪法做了类比。