liken

• 用于指出或假设两件事物之间存在相似或类似之处的动词；表示把一事物比作另一事物。

A verb used to indicate the act of pointing out or suggesting a resemblance or similarity between two things; to compare.

1. Compare or draw an analogyB2formal

   To consider or describe something as similar or analogous to something else.

   比拟

   • The poet likened her eyes to the stars in the night sky.
   • Critics often liken his writing style to that of Hemingway.
   • She likened the experience of moving to a new city to starting a new life.

   同义词associatecompareequateidentifymatchparallelrelate