- [countable]
a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features; a feature that is similar 类比；比拟；相似之处 - analogy (between A and B)
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。 - analogy (with something)
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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1She suggested an analogy between the human heart and a pump. 她打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作一个泵。 The Wild West analogy does not fit here. 西大荒的类比用在这儿不合适。 There is an analogy here with the way an engine works. 这个与发动机的工作原理类似。 The computer is a useful analogy for the brain. 计算机是人脑很恰当的类比物。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- appropriate
- apt
- good
- …
- draw
- make
- suggest
- …
- fit
- hold
- by analogy
- by analogy to
- by analogy with
- …
- argument by analogy
- argument from analogy
- analogy (between A and B)
- [uncountable]
the process of comparing one thing with another thing that has similar features in order to explain it 类推；比拟 learning by analogy 用类推法学习 We can understand this theory by analogy with human beings. 我们用人来作类比就能理解这个理论了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- appropriate
- apt
- good
- …
- draw
- make
- suggest
- …
- fit
- hold
- by analogy
- by analogy to
- by analogy with
- …
- argument by analogy
- argument from analogy
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘appropriateness, correspondence’): from French analogie, Latin analogia ‘proportion’, from Greek, from analogos ‘proportionate’.