analogous
英[ə'næləgəs]
美[ə'næləɡəs]
- adj. 类似的；[昆] 同功的；可比拟的
助记提示
1、ana- "up" + log- "count, reckon, that which is thought; ratio, proportion(引申义)" + -ous.
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。
英文词源
- analogous (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin analogus, from Greek analogos "proportionate, according to due proportion" (see analogy).
双语例句
- 1. Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death.
- 人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. The gills of fishes are analogous to the lungs in terrestrial animals.
- 鱼类的鳃与陆上动物的肺类似.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. The national debt is analogous with private debt.
- 国债和私人债务类似.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The two situations are roughly analogous.
- 两种情況大致相似.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The company is in a position closely analogous to that of its main rival.
- 该公司与主要竞爭对手的处境极为相似.
来自《简明英汉词典》