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

• Artistic originality here is likened to the murderer of convention.
  而在这里独创艺术就像是谋杀了旧习的杀手。
• To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
  你们要把天主同谁相比拟呢？你们把他与什麽相对照呢？
• 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。
• Our nervous system can be likened to a telephone exchange.
  我们的神经系统好比一部电话交换机。
• 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。
• The singer has been likened to Susan Boyle who was also unknown before appearing on Britain's Got Talent.
  这位歌手已经被誉为苏珊大妈的接班人。苏珊大妈也是在英国的选秀舞台上从一个不知名人物摇身一变，成了名人。
• An object likened to a slender, pointed missile either in shape, use, or effect.
  外形似镖的事物物体在形状、使用或效果上像一细长带尖的投掷物的物体。
• My heart will be likened to the moon you!
  就将我的心比做明月送给你！
• She's been likened to a young Elizabeth taylor.
  她被比作为年轻时的伊丽莎白泰勒。
• One researcher likened it to pulling the plug out of a bathtub.
  一位研究人员将其比喻为拔掉浴缸的插头。