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

• 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。
• North Korea often likens its hate figures to common beasts like dogs, rats, cockroaches and crows, but in this case it's something more exotic.
  朝鲜总是喜欢把讨厌的人贬低成常见的动物，例如狗、老鼠、蟑螂、乌鸦等等，不过这次倒是别具一格。
• David Miles, chief UK economist of Morgan Stanley, for example, likens the complex financial products that are central to the current malaise to bets on a horse race.
  例如，摩根士丹利（MorganStanley）英国首席经济学家大卫•迈尔斯（DavidMiles）将处于目前震荡中心的复杂金融产品，比作赛马赌注。
• Peter Sims likens this to placing "little bets", in a new book of that title.
  彼得西姆斯在他的一本同名新书《小赌注》里，把这比作“小赌注”。
• 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。
• 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。
• Despite his doubts about social media stock picking, Prof Bollen believes broader Internet mood analysis could lead to something big, and likens the pursuit to the Californian gold rush.
  尽管他质疑通过社交媒体选择股票的方法，但博伦教授认为，整体的互联网情绪分析能产生重大收获，就像当年加州淘金热一样。
• 'We know intellectually that we have to wait, but we don't want to,' adds Ms. Horton, who likens the feeling to that of a 'biological clock' for grandparents.
  她说：在理智上我们知道必须得等，但我们不想等。她把这种感觉比喻成祖父母的生物钟。
• In this novel, Margaret Mitchell likens the weak to wheat, and the strong to buckwheat.
  在《飘》这部小说中，玛格丽特米切尔把弱者比喻为小麦，把强者比喻为荞麦。
• One former colleague likens him to magician Harry Houdini for his knack of escaping market falls.
  他以前的一位同事把他比作魔术师哈里霍迪尼（harryhoudini），具有从市场下跌中逃生的能力。