- analogous (to/with something)
similar in some way to another thing or situation and therefore able to be compared with it 相似的;类似的 Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death. 人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。 The two processes are not analogous. 这两种过程不相似。 The national debt is analogous with private debt. 国债和私人债务类似。 The two situations are roughly analogous. 两种情况大致相似。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek analogos ‘proportionate’ + -ous.