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英语单词 akin
英美音标 英 [ə'kɪn] 美 [ə'kɪn]
中文释义 adj.同族的;同类的;近似的
英语例句 (1) Spanish is akin to Latin.
(2) My friend's feelings are akin to mine.
中文例句 (1) 西班牙语与拉丁语近似。
(2) 我那位朋友的感受和我相近。
vocabulary简明 If two things are akin, then they're similar or related. A cupcake is akin to a cake and relatives are akin to each other.
vocabulary扩展 If you know the word kin — a relative — then you have a clue to the meaning of akin. People who are related are akin, but the word goes beyond blood relations. Football is akin to the sport of rugby; baseball is akin to the British sport cricket. Mice are akin to rats, and rats are akin to gerbils, hamsters, and squirrels. Things that are akin are alike.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]相似的;类似的 If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way.
  [v-link ADJ to n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.

    听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。

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