analogy
英[ə'nælədʒɪ]
美[ə'nælədʒi]
词态变化
复数: analogies;助记提示
1、ana- "up" + log- "count, reckon, that which is thought; ratio, proportion(引申义，此引申义的来源可以说就是受这个单词的影响)" + -y.
2、ana- "up" 表示向上、上面的一个参考，向它看齐，以它作为一个标准。
3、字面含义：count up, reckon up, the up level that something which is thought tend to parallel. => 也就向着、跟着、趋向上面的某个标准、参考对象看齐，来进行思考、计算、说话等；由此引申为：比喻、类比、类推、模拟、类似等含义。
4、其实，该词在原始的希腊语中表示：proportionate，也就是使其与上面的某个标准、参考对象成比例；使其与上面的某个标准、参考对象相称或者均衡。后来，被借用到拉丁语中，其含义才变成了今天的含义。
5、另解：ana- "upon, according to". => 根据、按照现在已经存在的、现有的东西(log-)，来进行思考、计算、说话等；由此引申为：比喻、类比、类推、模拟、类似等含义。
6、用咱们中国话形象地形容就是：依葫芦画瓢。中文词源
analogy 类比前缀ana-, 向上，向后。词根log,说话，思考，同apology.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. It is not always reliable to argue by analogy.
- 靠类推法论证并不总是可靠的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.
- 可以用歌唱艺术作类比.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Trace an analogy between pastoral poetry and landscape painting.
- 找出田园诗和风景画之间的相似之处.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. They say " thunk " on the analogy of'sunk ".
- 他们根据 thunk 类推而说 sunk.
来自《简明英汉词典》