by way of analogy

基本解釋

This is only by way of analogy.; This is just an analogy.
這不過是個(gè)比方。
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By way of analogy, let"s say that you were going to be learning Spanish, Italian, French, or Portuguese."
通過類推的方式，讓我們這麼說你一直在學(xué)的西班牙語(yǔ)、意大利語(yǔ)、法語(yǔ)或者葡萄語(yǔ)。
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To get, by way of analogy, an idea of what Perelman accomplished, imagine that you have no overall picture of the geography of the Earth.
用類比的方法來(lái)理解珮雷爾曼所完成的工作。想象這樣一個(gè)情況，你沒有完整的世界地圖。

To illustrate by way of analogy: imagine creating a dictionary of French words defined in English to interpret an essay written in French.
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By way of a second analogy, all else being equal, it costs less to build a car that only needs to drive 2, 000 miles, is not subject to any fuel efficiency requirements or emissions limits than it costs to build a car that can drive 200, 000 miles, gets 50 miles per gallon and emits virtually no pollutants.
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