analogous
adjective uk/əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/ us/əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/
C2 相似的;类似的;可比拟的
having similar features to another thing and therefore able to be compared with it
The experience of mystic trance is in a sense analogous to sleep or drunkenness. 神秘的催眠体验在某种意义上类似于睡眠或醉酒。
The emergency vehicle for the International Space Station is analogous to a lifeboat. 国际空间站的应急车辆类似于救生艇。
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- The two TV programmes - set in different cities - are roughly analogous big-city police dramas.
- These are two analogous situations.
- San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is spectacular and not in any analogous to New York's Central Park.
- The way a string vibrates is somewhat analogous to the way ripples spread out in water.