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

• 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。
• 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。
• She's been likened to a young Elizabeth taylor.
  她被比作为年轻时的伊丽莎白泰勒。
• This can be likened to a loose pouch that is used to line the vagina.
  这可以比喻为一个松散的邮袋是用来行阴道。
• 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。
• My heart will be likened to the moon you!
  就将我的心比做明月送给你！
• I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
  2那秀美娇嫩的锡安女子（女子就是指民的意思），我必剪除。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。