Analogy means similarity or parallelism. A common analogy compares the body's immune system to an army, but analogies are useful only up to a point.
Analogie est une similarité ou un parallélisme. Une analogie bien connue compare le système immunitaire du corps à une armée. Les analogies sont utiles, mais on ne peut pas les pousser trop loin.
| Word | analogy |
|---|---|
| Part of Speech | N. |
| Definition | similarity; parallelism. |
| Sentence | A well-known analogy compares the body's immune system with an army whose defending troops are the lymphocytes or white blood cells. Analogies are useful, but you can't take them too far: cells, after all, are not soldiers; there is no boot camp for lymphocytes. |
Tags: psat
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