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liken v.比作；比拟；使像 (1) 有人把他的声音比作牛蛙的叫声。(2) 生命可以被比作一次不知目的地的旅行。(3) 我们常把心脏比拟为水泵。 When you equate two things, or emphasize their similarities, you liken them. You could liken your experience at the dentist to torture, or liken your dad's skill at baking pies to that of Rembrandt painting a portrait. Your grandmother might liken her romance with your grandfather to a fairy tale, and you could then liken the day you spent listening to her stories to watching a long, dull movie.

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英 ['laɪkən] 美 ['laɪkən] (1) Someone likens his voice to the croak of a bull-frog.(2) Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination.(3) We often liken the heart to a pump. When you liken one thing to another, you compare them and point out what they have in common. You might liken your long walk to school to your ancestors' voyage across the ocean to the New World. 1[VERB 动词]把…比作；把…比拟为 If you liken one thing or person to another thing or person, you say that they are similar.   [V n to n/-ing]She likens marriage to slavery...她把婚姻比作奴役。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。

英语单词	liken
英美音标	英 ['laɪkən] 美 ['laɪkən]
中文释义	v.比作；比拟；使像
英语例句	(1) Someone likens his voice to the croak of a bull-frog. (2) Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination. (3) We often liken the heart to a pump.
中文例句	(1) 有人把他的声音比作牛蛙的叫声。 (2) 生命可以被比作一次不知目的地的旅行。 (3) 我们常把心脏比拟为水泵。
vocabulary简明	When you liken one thing to another, you compare them and point out what they have in common. You might liken your long walk to school to your ancestors' voyage across the ocean to the New World.
vocabulary扩展	When you equate two things, or emphasize their similarities, you liken them. You could liken your experience at the dentist to torture, or liken your dad's skill at baking pies to that of Rembrandt painting a portrait. Your grandmother might liken her romance with your grandfather to a fairy tale, and you could then liken the day you spent listening to her stories to watching a long, dull movie.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]把…比作；把…比拟为 If you liken one thing or person to another thing or person, you say that they are similar. [V n to n/-ing] She likens marriage to slavery... 她把婚姻比作奴役。 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。

Liken Thing 英 Laɪkən] 美 Laɪkən V.比作；比拟；使像 Voice Croak