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

• 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。
• 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。
• Chinese aesthetic has often been likened to "No Style". What do you think about that?
  中国的审美观经常和“不够有型”联系起来，你认为呢？
• 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。
• Thought-form can be likened to beliefs that hold a particular energy movement, sound and color.
  思想形态可以比做持有一特别能量运动、声音与颜色的信仰。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His works have often been likened to those of Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman and Wolfgang Tillmans.
  他的作品往往被比喻成南戈尔丁，辛迪舍曼和沃尔夫冈体曼希。