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liken [ˈlaıkən] VB trans (to)

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Usage examples with likened

Our class can be likened to a big family.
我们的班级可以比作一个大家庭。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The common names of the fungus refers to its pungent odor, likened to fetid garlic.
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Consciousness is likened to the light from the projector that throws the images onto the screen, making them appear real.
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This is to give the tissues a chance to recover, and wearing dentures at night is likened to sleeping in your shoes.
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People that suffer animalistic dehumanization are seen as amoral, unintelligent, lacking self-control and likened to animals.
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Her use of her contralto register was likened to dipping into a deep, mysterious well to scoop up a trove of buried riches.
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The continent's topography is often likened to a huge bowl owing to its flat interior almost ringed by high mountains.
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Other critics mistakenly likened the vocal performance to those of countertenors.
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Where her parents are serene individuals, so my niece is an amusingly obstreperous, girl-power changeling, doomed to be likened to her aunt.
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The shape of the award has been likened to a keyhole, a mushroom, and a baguette.
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Some local residents likened it to a stupendous hairpin and a stainless steel hitching post.
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