analogy
英英释意
- 1. an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- 2. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect;
- "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"
- "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
- 3. 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