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

• Likened to that the thing has been brewing for quite some time, not accidental.
  比喻事物的形成和发展总有个过程，不会是偶然的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia. Someone likened his voice to the croaking of a bull-frog.
  属于或关于拟声的，或具有拟声特点的。有人把他的声音比作牛蛙的叫声。
• 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。
• 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。
• Teacher put someone likened water, said she had a seedling moisture;
  有人把老师比做水，说她滋润了一片幼苗；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。