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

• This can be likened to a loose pouch that is used to line the vagina.
  这可以比喻为一个松散的邮袋是用来行阴道。
• His works have been likened to those of beckett.
  他的作品被比作是贝克特的作品。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
  2那秀美娇嫩的锡安女子（女子就是指民的意思），我必剪除。
• 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。
• 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。