由此类推 meaning in English

by parity of reasoning; by the same token

The military organisation may be with perfect accuracy compared to the figure of a cone , the base of which , with the largest diameter , consists of privates ; the next higher and smaller plane , of the lower officers ; and so on up to the apex of the cone , which will be the commander - in - chief
军事组织酷似圆锥体，直径最大的底部是由列兵组成的比底部较高的截面，是由较高级军事人员组成的由此类推，直到圆锥体的顶端就是总司令了。
Every army is composed of members of lower military standingthe private soldiers , who are always the largest proportion of the whole , of members of a slightly higher military standingcorporals and non - commissioned officers , who are fewer in number than the privates ; of still higher officers , whose numbers are even less ; and so on , up to the chief military command of all , which is concentrated in one person
每支军队都包括低级军事人员列兵，他们总占绝大多数比较高的军事人员班长和军士他们的总数比列兵少更高级的军官的总数目更少，由此类推，直到权力集于一人之身的最高军事首脑。