analogy

英 [əˈnælədʒi]

美 [əˈnælədʒi]

n. 类比; 比拟; 比喻; 类推

复数：analogies　

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

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。

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