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

• 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。
• Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination.
  生活可以被比作一次不知目的的旅行。
• 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。
• 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。
• His works have been likened to those of beckett.
  他的作品被比作是贝克特的作品。
• In2007, Wilders called for the Qur'an to be banned and likened it to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.
  2007年怀尔德要求封禁可兰经，并把它与希特勒的《我的奋斗》混为一谈。
• 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。
• Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia. Someone likened his voice to the croaking of a bull-frog.
  属于或关于拟声的，或具有拟声特点的。有人把他的声音比作牛蛙的叫声。
• His works have often been likened to those of Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman and Wolfgang Tillmans.
  他的作品往往被比喻成南戈尔丁，辛迪舍曼和沃尔夫冈体曼希。
• Chinese aesthetic has often been likened to "No Style". What do you think about that?
  中国的审美观经常和“不够有型”联系起来，你认为呢？