analogy

英 [əˈnælədʒi]

美 [əˈnælədʒi]

n.  类比; 比拟; 比喻; 类推

复数：analogies　

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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 is only by way of analogy.; This is just an analogy.
  这不过是个比方。
• 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。
• There is an analogy between the human heart and a pump.
  人的心脏和泵有类似之处。
• 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。
• There is some analogy between the human heart and a pump.
  在人类心脏和唧筒之间有一些类似。
• I do not see why we should not make use of this analogy.
  我不明确我们为什么不能利用这种类比。
• He explained the subject by analogy.
  他用类推法说明了这个问题。
• You can only master knowledge through learning by analogy.
  学习要一隅三反，才能真正掌握知识。
• 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。
• There is no place for metaphor or analogy in this process, since these accentuate the superficial.
  在此过程中没有隐喻和类推，因为设计着重于表面。