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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES once likened investing to judging a beauty contest.
  约翰梅纳德凯恩斯曾经将投资来衡量一个选美比赛。
• My heart will be likened to the moon you!
  就将我的心比做明月送给你！
• An object likened to a slender, pointed missile either in shape, use, or effect.
  外形似镖的事物物体在形状、使用或效果上像一细长带尖的投掷物的物体。
• One researcher likened it to pulling the plug out of a bathtub.
  一位研究人员将其比喻为拔掉浴缸的插头。
• 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。
• Having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds.
  具有特定类型的胸部或者比做胸部的事物；常用于复合词中。
• 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。