网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 analogy
释义
analogy
noun[CorU]
uk
/əˈnæl.ə.dʒi/us
/əˈnæl.ə.dʒi/
C2
acomparisonbetween things that havesimilarfeatures, often used tohelpexplainaprincipleoridea:
类似；类比；比拟；类推
Hedrewan analogybetweenthebrainand avastcomputer.他把大脑比作一台庞大的计算机。
It is sometimeseasiertoillustrateanabstractconceptbyanalogywith(= bycomparingit with)somethingconcrete.有时用具体事物作比拟来阐释抽象概念会更容易些。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Comparing and contrasting
  • antithesis
  • apple
  • as againstidiom
  • balance
  • balancesomethingagainstsomething
  • benchmark
  • comparative
  • competitively
  • contradistinction
  • contrast
  • contrastive
  • cross-reference
  • gold standard
  • measure
  • perspective
  • relative
  • relatively
  • relativist
  • self-differentiation
  • stack up
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
Similar and the same

Related word

analogous
(Definition ofanalogyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

analogy| American Dictionary

analogy
noun[C/U]
us
/əˈnæl·ə·dʒi/
literature
acomparisonof thefeaturesorqualitiesof two different things to showtheirsimilarities:
[C]He wasexplainingthat themindhas noformand isinvisible, and that ausefulanalogy is of themindbeing like thesky.

analogous

adjectiveus
/əˈnæl·ə·ɡəs/
Thestockmarketrecordeda 0.4%annualincreasethat wasroughlyanalogous toresultsin the late 1960s.
(Definition ofanalogyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofanalogy

analogy
Despite this, there are striking analogies between the philosophical responses to the problem of underdetermination in the two contexts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theanalogyto medicine is telling here, as well.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A formalanalogyis thereby built between them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The problem domain is typically called the target of theanalogy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Ideally, inanalogywith the explosion case, the external pressure should be reasonably close to the crushing pressure of the glass sphere.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To address the above difficulties, our method of compositionalanalogyperformsanalogyat multiple levels of abstraction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The forces ofanalogy, where one area of usage influences another to become more like it, are working in several different directions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The type of analogies used by experts was significantly different from the type used by novices.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thisanalogysuggests that there are two possibilities to consider for (1).
From theCambridge English Corpus
In order, therefore, to find ananalogy, we must have recourse to the mistenveloped regions of the religious world.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They did not find strong evidence for early use of analogies either in spelling or in reading.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is very much connected to shapes, structures and analogies found in the earthly environment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theanalogyis not a close one but it might still have something to tell us about the evolution of real life.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That is, theanalogywe are asked to draw here - between adding evolution and dropping metabolism - is too weak to be persuasive.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, the book is reasonably affordable and provides a general enough background onanalogyto make it a worthwhile addition to any bookshelf.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/analogy##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 9:46:07