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

• He has been likened to the young gielgud.
  他被比作年轻时期的吉尔古德。
• 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。
• 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。
• I likened the market to a game of online poker, with anonymous opponents and continuously evolving probabilities.
  当时，我把股市比作在线扑克牌游戏，有匿名的对手和各种不断变化的可能性。
• In2004 she likened the gay lifestyle to "personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement".
  早在2004年，她就将同性恋生活方式与“人身依附”，“痛苦绝望”以及“个人奴役”画上了约等号。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。