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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary anal·o·gy \\ə-ˈna-lə-jē\\ noun ( plural -gies) DATE 15th century
1. inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others2. a. resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike : similarity b. comparison based on such resemblance3. correspondence between the members of pairs or sets of linguistic forms that serves as a basis for the creation of another form4. correspondence in function between anatomical parts of different structure and origin — compare homology Synonyms: see likeness
analogy
1540s, from L. analogia, from Gk. analogia "proportion," from ana- "upon, according to" + logos "ratio," also "word, speech, reckoning." A mathematical term used in a wider sense by Plato.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishanalogy
noun ADJ. appropriate, apt, useful | close, obvious A close analogy with the art of singing can be made. VERB + ANALOGY draw, make, suggest, use She drew an analogy between running the economy and a housewife's weekly budget. ANALOGY + VERB fit, hold The Wild West analogy does not fit here. PREP. by ~ (to/with) We can understand this theory by analogy with human beings. | ~ between She suggested an analogy between the human heart and a pump. | ~ for The computer is a useful analogy for the brain. | ~ with There is an analogy here with the way an engine works. PHRASES argument by/from analogy Argument from analogy is not always valid. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 analogy
ana·logy / E5nAlEdVi / noun(pl. -ies)
1. [C] ~ (between A and B) | ~ (with sth) a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features; a feature that is similar
类比；比拟；比喻:
The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump.
老师打了个比喻,把人的心脏比作水泵。
There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.
以往的法律案件没有哪一宗可与此案类比。
2. [U] the process of comparing one thing with another thing that has similar features in order to explain it
类推；比拟:
learning by analogy
用类推法学习
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: analogy test
anal·o·gy\əˈnaləjē, -ji\ noun( -es) Etymology: probably from Greek analogia mathematical proportion, correspondence, from analogos proportionate + -ia -y 1. a. : mathematical proportion or ratios (as in a statement of the form a × b = c × d where the values of a, b, and c are given, so that d may be calculated) b. : a proposition or a statement that embodies such an analogy 2. a. : similarity of ratios or of properties b. : inference that if two or more things agree with one another in one or more respects they will prob. agree in yet other respects < scholasticism distinguished between analogies of proportionality, analogies by attribution, and analogies by metaphor >3. : resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike : similarity , correspondence , parallelism < mathematicians have … appealed to the arts in order to find some analogy to their own work — Havelock Ellis > < enameled bowls … show analogies … with late twelfth century English illumination — O. Elfrida Saunders >4. a. : analogue b. : a figure of speech embodying an extended or elaborate comparison between two things or situations : similitude 5. : correspondence between the members of pairs or sets of linguistic forms that is taken as a basis for the creation of another form (as reindeers, plural of reindeer, created on the basis of such pairs as bear, bears or dog, dogs; cows, plural of cow, replacing earlier kine and kye, on the basis of such pairs as bough, boughs; glided, past tense of glide, replacing earlier glode and glid, on the basis of such pairs as guide, guided; a deck of cigarettes, standing in the same synonymous relationship to a pack of cigarettes as a deck of cards does to a pack of cards) 6. [French analogie, from Greek analogia] : correspondence in function between organs or parts of different structure and origin — distinguished from homology
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