analogy

英[ə'nælədʒɪ] 美[ə'nælədʒi]
  • n. 类比;类推;类似

词态变化


复数: analogies;

助记提示


1、ana- "up" + log- "count, reckon, that which is thought; ratio, proportion(引申义,此引申义的来源可以说就是受这个单词的影响)" + -y.
2、ana- "up" 表示向上、上面的一个参考,向它看齐,以它作为一个标准。
3、字面含义:count up, reckon up, the up level that something which is thought tend to parallel. => 也就向着、跟着、趋向上面的某个标准、参考对象看齐,来进行思考、计算、说话等;由此引申为:比喻、类比、类推、模拟、类似等含义。
4、其实,该词在原始的希腊语中表示:proportionate,也就是使其与上面的某个标准、参考对象成比例;使其与上面的某个标准、参考对象相称或者均衡。后来,被借用到拉丁语中,其含义才变成了今天的含义。
5、另解:ana- "upon, according to". => 根据、按照现在已经存在的、现有的东西(log-),来进行思考、计算、说话等;由此引申为:比喻、类比、类推、模拟、类似等含义。
6、用咱们中国话形象地形容就是:依葫芦画瓢。

中文词源


analogy 类比

前缀ana-, 向上,向后。词根log,说话,思考,同apology.

英文词源


analogy (n.)
1540s (perhaps early 15c.), from Old French analogie or directly from Latin analogia, from Greek analogia "proportion," from ana- "upon, according to" (see ana-) + logos "ratio," also "word, speech, reckoning" (see logos). A mathematical term used in a wider sense by Plato.

双语例句


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。

来自《权威词典》

2. It is not always reliable to argue by analogy.
靠类推法论证并不总是可靠的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.
可以用歌唱艺术作类比.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Trace an analogy between pastoral poetry and landscape painting.
找出田园诗和风景画之间的相似之处.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. They say " thunk " on the analogy of'sunk ".
他们根据 thunk 类推而说 sunk.

来自《简明英汉词典》