词组 | analogy |
释义 | analogy /əˈnælədʒi/ noun a comparison showing that two situations are very similaradjectivesa close analogy There is a close analogy between the two cases.a useful/helpful analogy A useful analogy can be drawn between the human brain and a computer.a good/better analogy I wish that I could think of a better analogy.verbsdraw/make an analogy (=say that two things are similar) She draws an analogy between politics and soccer.use an analogy The writer uses the analogy of a sudden change in the weather. give an analogy One scientist gives the analogy of somebody trying to stop a ship from sinking. Draw an analogy and make an analogy mean the same thing. Draw an analogy is more common.prepositionsan analogy between sth (and sth) He drew an analogy between the economic situation in the 1920s and the situation now.an analogy with sth The physicist Richard Feynman used to make an analogy with a game of chess.the analogy of sth He uses the analogy of someone pedalling on a bicycle up a steep hill. |
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