likens

英 [ˈlaɪkənz]

美 [ˈlaɪkənz]

v.  把…比作; 把…比拟为
liken的第三人称单数

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

• She likens marriage to slavery
  她把婚姻比作奴役。
• Lead investigator Frank Bradke likens scar tissue formation to "stop signs" that impede the regrowth of nerve fibers.
  这项研究的负责人弗兰克·布拉德克将伤疤组织比作路口的停车标志，它阻止了神经纤维的再生。
• YUKIO HATOYAMA, Japan's prime minister, likens his role to that of a conductor trying to achieve "harmony" one of his favourite words from a pickup orchestra ( for which read, novice cabinet).
  日本首相鸠山由纪夫（YUKIOHATOYAMA）把自己比作一位试图在临时拼凑的管弦乐队（暗指新组建的内阁）中达到“和谐”的指挥家。
• Wesley likens Stefan's taste of blood to a recovering drug addict using again, and says that, although viewers may not like the blood-thirsty version of Stefan, he's OK with that.
  韦斯利把斯特凡的嗜血比作毒瘾发作，他还表示尽管观众们可能不喜欢嗜血版斯特凡，他自己则对此无所谓。
• He likens forgiveness to snow or the washing of wool.
  祂形容祂的赦罪如雪、如洗净的羊毛。
• He likens realizing the broader goal to climbing Mount Everest. '
  他将实现更广阔的目标比作攀登珠穆朗玛峰。
• Josh Klein, its director of biochemistry RD, likens the company's egg-replacing strategy to the process a drug company might use to fight disease.
  该公司生化研发主任约什？克莱恩（JoshKlein）将其取代鸡蛋的策略比作药品公司可能用于对抗疾病的过程。
• Balazs likens the microcapsules'action to that of blood cells in the human body.
  Balazs把微聚体的作用比喻成体内的血细胞。
• Interviewed at his14th-century palace in Barcelona, Artur Mas, the Catalan president, likens himself to Margaret Thatcher demanding a budget rebate from Britain's European partners.
  采访了加泰罗尼亚领袖阿图尔·马斯于其14世纪在巴塞罗那建造的宫殿中，他把自己比作撒切尔夫人那般，从英国的欧洲伙伴那里索要预算折扣。
• Jhansi famously likens our normal anthropocentric perspective at the bottom of a well who believes that he commands a view of the entire world.
  有名的是，简思把正常的以人类为中心的视角，比作一口井的底部，人们相信，他指示出了整个世界的视野。