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

• JAPAN'S new prime minister admits he is no Mr Charisma-Yoshihiko Noda likens himself to a marine bottom-feeder rather than a glittering goldfish.
  新一届日本首相野田佳彦坦言并非魅力先生&他将比作水底的泥鳅而闪闪发光的金鱼。
• Lead investigator Frank Bradke likens scar tissue formation to "stop signs" that impede the regrowth of nerve fibers.
  这项研究的负责人弗兰克·布拉德克将伤疤组织比作路口的停车标志，它阻止了神经纤维的再生。
• YUKIO HATOYAMA, Japan's prime minister, likens his role to that of a conductor trying to achieve "harmony" one of his favourite words from a pickup orchestra ( for which read, novice cabinet).
  日本首相鸠山由纪夫（YUKIOHATOYAMA）把自己比作一位试图在临时拼凑的管弦乐队（暗指新组建的内阁）中达到“和谐”的指挥家。
• Raeder likens the difference to igniting a gas stove one of two ways: In the first way, the gas is turned on and the stove is lit and you get a flame.
  Raeder将这种情况比喻为我们点燃瓦斯炉的两种不同方式：第一种方式，打开瓦斯，点燃火炉，得到火焰。
• 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。
• '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。
• Though derided by some for his political suicide, one grudging admirer from a Japanese business group likens Mr Noda to a warrior committing hara-kiri – ritual suicide – rather than be taken by his enemies.
  尽管有人嘲笑他这是政治自杀，日本一个商业组织中的一名不情愿的赞慕者还是将野田的行为比作武士的剖腹自杀&一种仪式自杀，而不是死于敌人之手。
• 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。
• He likens forgiveness to snow or the washing of wool.
  祂形容祂的赦罪如雪、如洗净的羊毛。
• He likens the process to a trip to the mountains.
  他把这一过程比作一次登山旅行。