likened

英 [ˈlaɪkənd]

美 [ˈlaɪkənd]

v.  把…比作; 把…比拟为
liken的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…比作；把…比拟为
  If youlikenone thing or persontoanother thing or person, you say that they are similar.
  1. She likens marriage to slavery...
     她把婚姻比作奴役。
  2. The pain is often likened to being drilled through the side of the head.
     这种疼痛常被比作钻头钻入头部的感觉。

双语例句

• In2007, Wilders called for the Qur'an to be banned and likened it to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.
  2007年怀尔德要求封禁可兰经，并把它与希特勒的《我的奋斗》混为一谈。
• The axial and lateral spread of fluid has been likened to and accounted for by a diffusion-type model.
  流体在轴向和径向的散布，已与一个扩散模型联系起来并用后者加以说明。
• His works have been likened to those of beckett.
  他的作品被比作是贝克特的作品。
• Speaking to reporters, Mister Musk likened space travel to where Internet technology was in the nineteen nineties.
  马斯克先生在对记者发言时，将太空旅行与1999年的互联网技术联系起来。
• Suzhou might just as well be likened to Pisa, for it has a leaning tower also.
  苏州不妨可以和比萨相比，因为它也有一座斜塔。
• Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination.
  生活可以被比作一次不知目的的旅行。
• My heart will be likened to the moon you!
  就将我的心比做明月送给你！
• In2004 she likened the gay lifestyle to "personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement".
  早在2004年，她就将同性恋生活方式与“人身依附”，“痛苦绝望”以及“个人奴役”画上了约等号。
• I likened the market to a game of online poker, with anonymous opponents and continuously evolving probabilities.
  当时，我把股市比作在线扑克牌游戏，有匿名的对手和各种不断变化的可能性。
• Likened to reducing and eliminating contradictions or not investigating errors and problems.
  比喻缩小矛盾，消除矛盾，或对错误、问题不加追究。