liken

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

Translation

vt. 把…比作;比擬
Word Forms
現在分詞likening
過去式likened
過去分詞likened
第三人稱單數likens

Phrases & Collocations

liken to

類似於

likened as

被比作爲

likened to

被比作爲

Example Sentences

Life is often likened to a dream.

人生常被喻爲一場夢。

She likened the building to a ship.

她把這座樓房比作一條船。

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.

種族主義被比作傳染病。

The nervous system can be likened to a telephone exchange

神經系統好比一部電話交換機。

He has been likened to a young George Best.

有人把他比作年輕的喬治·貝斯特。

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,又叫房性奔馬律,收縮期前奔馬律,也是心室順應性改變的結果。

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 是連續的一系列或一連串或是串在一根長線上的相似的或相同的要素:

Real-world Examples

Also it does not liken them to criminals.

也沒有要將它們與罪犯相提並論。

Source: VOA Special October 2020 Collection

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

這些科學家被比作《印第安納·瓊斯》系列電影裏的英雄。

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

And he sometimes likened himself to a bear.

有時候他還把自己比作熊。

Source: Stephen King on Writing

Weirdly, people do liken me to her.

奇怪的是,人們確實把我比作她。

Source: Connection Magazine

It's likened covered forest home at risk.

植被茂密的森林是它們危險中的家園。

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2021 Compilation

A lot of people likened it to a circus.

許多人將其看作馬戲團表演。

Source: BBC Listening Compilation April 2016

I liken these results to living with a partner.

我把這些研究結果比作和伴侶一起生活。

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American August 2022 Compilation

I liken it to getting blood from a stone.

我把它比作從石頭中取血。

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.

這將會持續十年或是更長的時間, 可以比喻爲一個小冰河時期。

Source: World Atlas of Wonders

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

通過全力運用內在感官的直接經驗,可以比喻爲以下的例子。

Source: The Early Sessions

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