Analogy



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 相似; 类比
• ［英］ n. 相似 ( partial resemblance) ; 类比 ( the likening of one thing to another)
• ［记］ ana ( 并列) +log ( 说话) +y -> 放在一起说 -> 类比
• ［同］ 派生词: analogous ( adj. 类似的) 同根词: prologue ( 序言) ; epilogue ( 尾声, 后记)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -gies)

• Date: 15th century
• 1. inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others
• 2.
  • a. resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike ; similarity
  • b. comparison based on such resemblance
• 3. correspondence between the members of pairs or sets of linguistic forms that serves as a basis for the creation of another form
• 4. correspondence in function between anatomical parts of different structure and origin — compare homology
• Synonyms: see likeness

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