| 单词 | analogy |
| 释义 | analogy n. (pl. -ies) 1. (usu. foll. by to, with, between) correspondence or partial similarity. 2. Logic a process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects. 3. Philol. the imitation of existing words in forming inflections or constructions of others, without the existence of corresponding intermediate stages. 4. Biol. the resemblance of function between organs essentially different. 5. an analogue. Derivatives analogical adj. analogically adv. Etymology: F analogie or L analogia proportion f. Gk (as ANALOGOUS) |
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