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

• The axial and lateral spread of fluid has been likened to and accounted for by a diffusion-type model.
  流体在轴向和径向的散布，已与一个扩散模型联系起来并用后者加以说明。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
  你们要把天主同谁相比拟呢？你们把他与什麽相对照呢？
• 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。