analogy
/əˈnælədʒɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification比拟说明, 类比：
an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies
自然活动和人类社会活动的相比
mass noun he interprets logical functions by analogy with machines.他通过与机器类比阐释逻辑功能。
1.1
- a correspondence or partial similarity相似, 类似。
1.2
- a thing which is or is represented as being comparable to something else in significant respects可类比物：
works of art were seen as an analogy for works of nature.
艺术作品被看成是可与自然创造类比之物。
1.3
- mass noun Logic a process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects【逻】类比推理。
1.4
- mass noun Linguistics a process by which new words and inflections are created on the basis of regularities in the form of existing ones【语言学】类推法。
1.5
- mass noun Biology the resemblance of function between organs that have a different evolutionary origin【生】同功。
派生词
analogical
adjectiveanalogically
adverb词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'appropriateness， correspondence'）： from French analogie, Latin analogia 'proportion'， from Greek， from analogos 'proportionate'.