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analogy n.类似,类推 Some standardized tests still have "analogy questions," which are given in this format: A : B :: C : ___ (read "A is to B as C is to what?"). This is a more formalized version of something we do every day: compare one thing to another. It's a useful way of speaking — if a scientist explains that the earth's forests function as its lungs, we understand the analogy to mean that both trees and lungs take in important elements from the air. But when Forrest Gump says life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you're going to get, that's a pretty brainless analogy. ★☆☆☆☆ 2007.2

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[ə'nælədʒi] When you draw an analogy between two things, you compare them for the purpose of explanation. The movie character Forest Gump made a silly analogy famous: "Life is like a box of chocolates." IQ tests ask you to complete verbal and visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical sequences, among other similar tasks. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]相似；类似；类推；类比 If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.   [oft N between/with n]It is probably easier to make an analogy between the courses of the planets, and two trains travelling in the same direction.将行星的运行比作两列火车朝同一方向行驶可能更容易些。

英语单词	analogy
英美音标	[ə'nælədʒi]
中文释义	n.类似,类推
vocab简明	When you draw an analogy between two things, you compare them for the purpose of explanation. The movie character Forest Gump made a silly analogy famous: "Life is like a box of chocolates."
vocab扩展	Some standardized tests still have "analogy questions," which are given in this format: A : B :: C : ___ (read "A is to B as C is to what?"). This is a more formalized version of something we do every day: compare one thing to another. It's a useful way of speaking — if a scientist explains that the earth's forests function as its lungs, we understand the analogy to mean that both trees and lungs take in important elements from the air. But when Forrest Gump says life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you're going to get, that's a pretty brainless analogy.
真题原句	IQ tests ask you to complete verbal and visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical sequences, among other similar tasks.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]相似；类似；类推；类比 If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way. [oft N between/with n] It is probably easier to make an analogy between the courses of the planets, and two trains travelling in the same direction. 将行星的运行比作两列火车朝同一方向行驶可能更容易些。
来源	2007.2

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