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

• Harold Meyerson, a friendly journalist, likens her rhetoric to "a compendium of bumper-stickers".
  友好的记者哈罗德·梅尔森把她的演讲比作“贴纸目录”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She likens marriage to slavery
  她把婚姻比作奴役。
• One Spaniard likens the financial system to a "spider's web" over which central banks have less control than they did in the past;
  一个西班牙银行家把金融系统比喻成蜘蛛网，而中央银行对这张网的控制已不如从前。
• One former colleague likens him to magician Harry Houdini for his knack of escaping market falls.
  他以前的一位同事把他比作魔术师哈里霍迪尼（harryhoudini），具有从市场下跌中逃生的能力。
• He likens the process to a trip to the mountains.
  他把这一过程比作一次登山旅行。
• '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。