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

• 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。
• Josh Klein, its director of biochemistry RD, likens the company's egg-replacing strategy to the process a drug company might use to fight disease.
  该公司生化研发主任约什？克莱恩（JoshKlein）将其取代鸡蛋的策略比作药品公司可能用于对抗疾病的过程。
• He always likens his work to battle.
  他总是把工作比作战斗。
• David Miles, chief UK economist of Morgan Stanley, for example, likens the complex financial products that are central to the current malaise to bets on a horse race.
  例如，摩根士丹利（MorganStanley）英国首席经济学家大卫•迈尔斯（DavidMiles）将处于目前震荡中心的复杂金融产品，比作赛马赌注。
• She likens marriage to slavery
  她把婚姻比作奴役。
• In this novel, Margaret Mitchell likens the weak to wheat, and the strong to buckwheat.
  在《飘》这部小说中，玛格丽特米切尔把弱者比喻为小麦，把强者比喻为荞麦。
• 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。
• Though derided by some for his political suicide, one grudging admirer from a Japanese business group likens Mr Noda to a warrior committing hara-kiri – ritual suicide – rather than be taken by his enemies.
  尽管有人嘲笑他这是政治自杀，日本一个商业组织中的一名不情愿的赞慕者还是将野田的行为比作武士的剖腹自杀&一种仪式自杀，而不是死于敌人之手。
• Peter Sims likens this to placing "little bets", in a new book of that title.
  彼得西姆斯在他的一本同名新书《小赌注》里，把这比作“小赌注”。
• 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。