akin

英 [əˈkɪn]

美 [əˈkɪn]

adj.  相似的; 类似的

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.9616 / COCA.7884

牛津词典

adj.

• 相似的；类似的
  similar to
  1. What he felt was more akin to pity than love.
     他感受到的更像怜悯，而不是爱。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 相似的；类似的
  If one thing isakin toanother, it is similar to it in some way.
  1. Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.
     听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。

双语例句

• The cat is akin to the tiger.
  猫和虎是同类。
• The move seems more akin to a company spinning off one of its divisions than anything else.
  此举更像是公司剥离了一个部门。
• Our blood and sea water are akin.
  我们的血液和海水相近。
• This is akin to being able to see how many times someone used Microsoft Word vs. excel.
  这就类似于可以看到一个人使用微软（Microsoft）Word软件和Excel软件的次数。
• Pity and love are closely akin.
  怜悯产生了爱情。
• But I was told that taking on overdrafts and even mortgages was akin to committing a mortal sin.
  但有人告诉我，透支乃至抵押贷款都无异于犯下不可饶恕的大罪。
• One of two or more things that are closely akin.
  关系密切的事物：两个或多个同类相似的事物之一。
• And in its stead Rutherford proposed something akin to a planetary system.
  而卢瑟福提出的，和行星系统相似的原子结构取而代之。
• And all the time his desperation was singularly akin to hope.
  他的绝望和希望一直有着诡异的类似。
• I was literally surprised, as I found out a new aspect of Hunan ( and perhaps China), and one that is clearly akin to Italy and Europe.
  我十分惊讶，我发现了衡阳（也可能是湖南）的一些新的方面，这一点很明显和意大利以及欧洲的相似。