analogy
US: /əˈnæɫədʒi/
UK: /ɐnˈælədʒi/
UK: /ɐnˈælədʒi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
analogy
- sự tương tự by., on the a. bằng tương tự, làm tương tự
- membrane a. tương tự màng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural analogies)
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: The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump. + There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.
2 [U] the process of comparing one thing with another thing that has similar features in order to explain it: learning by analogy
Collocation dictionary
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.
Concise English dictionary
analogiesə'nælədʒɪ
noun
+an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
+drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
+the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
