akin
adj. 类似的,相似的
If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way.
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。
1. similar or related in quality or character;
2. related by blood
Pentecostals are most akin to Evangelicals in their emphasis on being born again.
在对重生的强调方面,五旬节派最类似于“福音派(Evangelicals)”.
Now Boeing's Renton factory is more akin to a Toyota car assembly line.
现在波音的Renton工厂更类似于丰田汽车生产线.
Your cousins are akin to you.
你的堂兄弟和你是同族的.
Pity and love are closely akin.
怜悯近乎爱.
Inside the bus a silence akin to that in a church.
车内一片寂静,有如教堂里的默祷.