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

• He likens the process to a trip to the mountains.
  他把这一过程比作一次登山旅行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Balazs likens the microcapsules'action to that of blood cells in the human body.
  Balazs把微聚体的作用比喻成体内的血细胞。
• 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。
• 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。
• Despite his doubts about social media stock picking, Prof Bollen believes broader Internet mood analysis could lead to something big, and likens the pursuit to the Californian gold rush.
  尽管他质疑通过社交媒体选择股票的方法，但博伦教授认为，整体的互联网情绪分析能产生重大收获，就像当年加州淘金热一样。
• He always likens his work to battle.
  他总是把工作比作战斗。
• 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。