ADJECTIVE | VERB + ANALOGY | ANALOGY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤appropriate, apt, good, useful恰當的類比;貼切的比喻;不錯的類比;實用的類比▸➤close, obvious, perfect (especially NAmE) 近乎/明顯/十分類似◇A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.可以用歌唱藝術作一個很切近的類比。➤simple簡單的類比➤bad, false糟糕的/錯誤的類比➤historical, musical, sporting, sports (NAmE) , etc.歷史類比、音樂類比、體育類比等VERB + ANALOGY➤draw, make, suggest, use打比喻;作類比;用類比◇She drew an analogy between running the economy and a housewife's weekly budget.她用家庭主婦一週的預算類比管理經濟。ANALOGY + VERB➤fit, hold類比貼切/適用◇The Wild West analogy does not fit here.西大荒的類比用在這兒不合適。PREPOSITION➤by analogy, by analogy to, by analogy with通過(與⋯的)類比◇We can understand this theory by analogy with human beings.我們用人來作類比就能理解這個理論了。➤analogy between⋯之間的相似◇She suggested an analogy between the human heart and a pump.她打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作一個泵。➤analogy for⋯的相似物◇The computer is a useful analogy for the brain.計算機是人腦很恰當的類比物。➤analogy with和⋯的類似◇There is an analogy here with the way an engine works.這個與發動機的工作原理類似。PHRASES➤argument by analogy, argument from analogy通過類比得出的論點◇Argument from analogy is not always valid.類比得出的結論並不總是能站住腳。