analogous

analogous
[əˈnaləgəs]
adjective
  1. comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared
    可比拟的
    they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children.
    他们认为统治者和臣民的关系可比拟成父亲和孩子的关系。
    ■(Biology)(of organs) performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds
    (生)(器官)同功的。 常与 homologous 相对
派生
analogously
adverb
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek analogos 'proportionate' + -ous
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