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单词 analogous
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Definition of analogous in English:

analogous

adjective əˈnaləɡəsəˈnæləɡəs
  • 1Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

    可比拟的

    they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children

    他们认为统治者和臣民的关系可比拟成父亲和孩子的关系。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The moral of that is if we've got a silicone system which is analogous to us in these respects we ought to treat that system as a person too.
    • The act of defining combatants is analogous to the military concept of choosing the terrain of battle.
    • Religious writers saw God as being present to the individual in a way that is analogous to the presence of light in the act of seeing.
    • It is suggested that hazardous duties are analogous to combat situations in important respects.
    • In Director, the stage is analogous to the outermost or whole cinematic frame.
    • The proposed system is analogous to the one used for music on the radio, where music stations can play what they like provided they pay the agreed fee.
    • This is analogous to the law relating to the fire services and quite close factually to Alexandrou v Oxford.
    • What gets masked over is analogous to Cage's idea that what is not heard is just as important as what is heard.
    • This is considerably easier if one can show that the nature of the right claimed is analogous to that of some existing easement.
    • This pattern seems analogous to the struggle for a viable business model for the Internet.
    • For this reason, the present situation is not analogous to the 1926 situation.
    • Counties tend to adopt newer technologies that are analogous to the technology they move away from.
    • We are already seeing video on demand, analogous to renting a video without traveling to the store.
    • He sees the current disease-mapping race as being analogous to the activities of old world explorers.
    • Using a fantasy woman to extract myself physically from the island is analogous to breaking up and finding someone new.
    • The question of democracy is in a number of respects analogous to slavery.
    • This isn't exactly analogous to getting bad service at a restaurant or club.
    • Paint, ink, paper and canvas are transformed by faith into something analogous to living creatures.
    • In Reader's Block Markson sets up relations that are analogous to both writing and dying.
    • While information may be analogous to facts, knowledge is what the body makes of these facts.
    Synonyms
    comparable, parallel, similar, like, corresponding, related, kindred, matching, cognate, equivalent, symmetrical, homologous
    1. 1.1Biology (of organs) performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds.
      〔生〕(器官)同功的。常与HOMOLOGOUS 相对
      Often contrasted with homologous
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An analogous role is played by the PAM complex in mitochondria.
      • There was no homology between sequenced clones and analogous repeats in potato IGS.
      • This could involve the expression in a yeast mutant, which is defective for an analogous transport system.
      • An analogous operational definition holds for the heritability of derepressed cells.
      • Some analogous alkyl nitrites, such as amyl nitrite, are known sensitizers in humans.

Derivatives

  • analogously

  • adverb əˈnaləɡəsliəˈnæləɡəsli
    • Since Arabic and Hebrew have similar sources, one can deduce analogously that in Hebrew also it would have meant brushing away and forgiving sins.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the geopolitical arena, analogously, we note the explosions resulting from convergence in the outbreak of ‘world wars’.
      • Duncan's comment clarifies my point above in that his ‘distaste’ is for the alienation that would rely on Wright's (or, analogously, Ransom's) moralism to achieve camp pleasure.
      • This is more or less correct (given the obvious uncertainties in long term data from the continental interior), but analogously to the example above, local cooling does not contradict global warming.
      • The visual material in the book runs parallel to the text, the two relating to one another more analogously than convergently.

Origin

Mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek analogos 'proportionate' + -ous.

Definition of analogous in US English:

analogous

adjectiveəˈnæləɡəsəˈnaləɡəs
often analogous to
  • 1Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

    可比拟的

    they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children

    他们认为统治者和臣民的关系可比拟成父亲和孩子的关系。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For this reason, the present situation is not analogous to the 1926 situation.
    • This pattern seems analogous to the struggle for a viable business model for the Internet.
    • Counties tend to adopt newer technologies that are analogous to the technology they move away from.
    • The moral of that is if we've got a silicone system which is analogous to us in these respects we ought to treat that system as a person too.
    • Paint, ink, paper and canvas are transformed by faith into something analogous to living creatures.
    • Using a fantasy woman to extract myself physically from the island is analogous to breaking up and finding someone new.
    • This isn't exactly analogous to getting bad service at a restaurant or club.
    • It is suggested that hazardous duties are analogous to combat situations in important respects.
    • The act of defining combatants is analogous to the military concept of choosing the terrain of battle.
    • The question of democracy is in a number of respects analogous to slavery.
    • This is analogous to the law relating to the fire services and quite close factually to Alexandrou v Oxford.
    • What gets masked over is analogous to Cage's idea that what is not heard is just as important as what is heard.
    • He sees the current disease-mapping race as being analogous to the activities of old world explorers.
    • The proposed system is analogous to the one used for music on the radio, where music stations can play what they like provided they pay the agreed fee.
    • This is considerably easier if one can show that the nature of the right claimed is analogous to that of some existing easement.
    • While information may be analogous to facts, knowledge is what the body makes of these facts.
    • We are already seeing video on demand, analogous to renting a video without traveling to the store.
    • Religious writers saw God as being present to the individual in a way that is analogous to the presence of light in the act of seeing.
    • In Director, the stage is analogous to the outermost or whole cinematic frame.
    • In Reader's Block Markson sets up relations that are analogous to both writing and dying.
    Synonyms
    comparable, parallel, similar, like, corresponding, related, kindred, matching, cognate, equivalent, symmetrical, homologous
    1. 1.1Biology (of structures) performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds.
      〔生〕(器官)同功的。常与HOMOLOGOUS 相对
      Often contrasted with homologous
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some analogous alkyl nitrites, such as amyl nitrite, are known sensitizers in humans.
      • This could involve the expression in a yeast mutant, which is defective for an analogous transport system.
      • There was no homology between sequenced clones and analogous repeats in potato IGS.
      • An analogous role is played by the PAM complex in mitochondria.
      • An analogous operational definition holds for the heritability of derepressed cells.

Origin

Mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek analogos ‘proportionate’ + -ous.

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