The closest analogy, Thombre told me, is to Netflix, which USES a similar process to suggest movies you might like - "except that the movie doesn't have to like you back."

汤布雷说，最相似的例子是“奈飞”网，它用一个相似的程序去推荐你可能喜欢的电影——“只可惜电影不能像你喜欢它一样喜欢你”。

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Radio waves are in closest analogy to the ripples on a pool.

无线电波与水波中的涟漪非常相似。

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So, you would say, well, that's another place where Homer got it right, except for the fact that we also know how chariots are used in warfare and the closest analogy, I think, is to think of chariots as tanks.

你们可能会说,好吧,荷马又说对了,除非我们也懂得如何在战争中使用战车,我认为最相近的类比是把战车比作坦克

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This means that whatever your image is of these giant corporations as great technical innovators, the closest analogy to IBM, SAP and Oracle is not Apple or Intel.

FORBES: Software PACMAN

Being boss of a big company was the closest analogy he could think of to running Britain.

ECONOMIST: The new establishment