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

• When Amazon likens the change to the arrival of the paperback, it makes a grave underestimation; the invention of printing is a better analogy.
  亚马逊把这种改变比作平装本的出现，实在是严重低估了数字化的影响；与印刷术的发明相提并论还更贴切些。
• 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。
• 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。
• North Korea often likens its hate figures to common beasts like dogs, rats, cockroaches and crows, but in this case it's something more exotic.
  朝鲜总是喜欢把讨厌的人贬低成常见的动物，例如狗、老鼠、蟑螂、乌鸦等等，不过这次倒是别具一格。
• 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。
• The authors then offer an example of security violation, using a traditional analogy that likens software security to home security.
  作者接下来提出了关于违反安全的一个例子，使用传统的推理把软件安全比作成家庭安全。
• 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。
• 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。
• In this song, the hunter likens himself to the beautiful blackbird loved by the deer.
  在歌中，猎人将自己比作鹿所钟爱的美丽山鸟。