analogous

• 指在某些方面相似或可比的事物，通常用于通过比较来阐明所比较对象的性质。

Describes things that are comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

1. Comparable in certain aspectsB2formal

   Having similarities or being equivalent in some ways, even though the things being compared are otherwise different.

   类似的

   • The human heart is analogous to a pump in a hydraulic system.
   • His argument was analogous to one made by a famous philosopher.
   • The structure of an atom is analogous to a miniature solar system.

   同义词akincognatecomparablecorrespondingequivalentlikematchingparallelrelatedsimilar

   反义词differentdisparatedissimilarunlike

2. Similar in function but not originC1formal

   Describing body parts or structures in different species that perform the same function but evolved separately, without a common ancestor.

   同功的

   • The wings of a bird and the wings of an insect are analogous structures.
   • Eyes in humans and octopuses are analogous, having evolved independently.
   • The fins of fish and the flippers of whales are analogous in function.

   同义词convergentequivalent

   反义词homologous