liken

[US]/ˈlaɪkən/
[UK]/ˈlaɪkən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 把…比作;比拟
Word Forms
现在分词likening
过去式likened
过去分词likened
第三人称单数likens

Phrases & Collocations

liken to

类似于

likened as

被比作为

likened to

被比作为

Example Sentences

Life is often likened to a dream.

人生常被喻为一场梦。

She likened the building to a ship.

她把这座楼房比作一条船。

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。

racism is likened to a contagious disease.

种族主义被比作传染病。

The nervous system can be likened to a telephone exchange

神经系统好比一部电话交换机。

He has been likened to a young George Best.

有人把他比作年轻的乔治·贝斯特。

S4.The fourth heart sound (S4, atrial gallop, presystolic gallop) is also the result of altered ventricular compliance.Its cadence has been likened to the soft a of appendix.

S4第四心音,又叫房性奔马律,收缩期前奔马律,也是心室顺应性改变的结果。

my train of thought. Astring is a continuous series or succession of similar or uniform elements likened to objects threaded on a long cord:

我的一系列想法。 String 是连续的一系列或一连串或是串在一根长线上的相似的或相同的要素:

Real-world Examples

Also it does not liken them to criminals.

也没有要将它们与罪犯相提并论。

Source: VOA Special October 2020 Collection

The scientists have been likened to the hero of the " Indiana Jones" movies.

这些科学家被比作《印第安纳·琼斯》系列电影里的英雄。

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

And he sometimes likened himself to a bear.

有时候他还把自己比作熊。

Source: Stephen King on Writing

Weirdly, people do liken me to her.

奇怪的是,人们确实把我比作她。

Source: Connection Magazine

It's likened covered forest home at risk.

植被茂密的森林是它们危险中的家园。

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2021 Compilation

A lot of people likened it to a circus.

许多人将其看作马戏团表演。

Source: BBC Listening Compilation April 2016

I liken these results to living with a partner.

我把这些研究结果比作和伴侣一起生活。

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American August 2022 Compilation

I liken it to getting blood from a stone.

我把它比作从石头中取血。

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American July 2023 Collection

It would go one for a decade or more, and could be likened to a mini ice age.

这将会持续十年或是更长的时间, 可以比喻为一个小冰河时期。

Source: World Atlas of Wonders

Direct experience through use of the inner senses at full capacity could be likened to the following example.

通过全力运用内在感官的直接经验,可以比喻为以下的例子。

Source: The Early Sessions

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