analogy
- n. 類比;類推;類似
詞態變化
助記提示
2、ana- "up" 表示向上、上面的一個參考,向它看齊,以它作為一個標準。
3、字面含義:count up, reckon up, the up level that something which is thought tend to parallel. => 也就向著、跟著、趨向上面的某個標準、參考對象看齊,來進行思考、計算、說話等;由此引申為:比喻、類比、類推、模擬、類似等含義。
4、其實,該詞在原始的希臘語中表示:proportionate,也就是使其與上面的某個標準、參考對象成比例;使其與上面的某個標準、參考對象相稱或者均衡。后來,被借用到拉丁語中,其含義才變成了今天的含義。
5、另解:ana- "upon, according to". => 根據、按照現在已經存在的、現有的東西(log-),來進行思考、計算、說話等;由此引申為:比喻、類比、類推、模擬、類似等含義。
6、用咱們中國話形象地形容就是:依葫蘆畫瓢。
中文詞源
前綴ana-, 向上,向后。詞根log,說話,思考,同apology.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump.
- 老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. It is not always reliable to argue by analogy.
- 靠類推法論證并不總是可靠的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.
- 可以用歌唱藝術作類比.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Trace an analogy between pastoral poetry and landscape painting.
- 找出田園詩和風景畫之間的相似之處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. They say " thunk " on the analogy of'sunk ".
- 他們根據 thunk 類推而說 sunk.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》