akin
adj. 類似的,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.
聽他的人生故事猶如閱讀一本精彩的冒險小說。
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.
在對重生的強調方面,五旬節派最類似於“福音派(Evangelicals)”.
Now Boeing's Renton factory is more akin to a Toyota car assembly line.
現在波音的Renton工廠更類似於豐田汽車生產線.
Your cousins are akin to you.
你的堂兄弟和你是同族的.
Pity and love are closely akin.
憐憫近乎愛.
Inside the bus a silence akin to that in a church.
車內一片寂靜,有如教堂裡的默禱.