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关闭窗口 ■as it were 好像，似乎，仿佛
This so-called antique, as it were, is a fake. 这个所谓的古董，看上去好像是古董，但实际上是赝品。
He became as it were a kind of hero from a strange land. 他仿佛成了一个来自异乡的英雄。
■compare...to 把……比作……
The poet compared her teeth to pearls. 诗人把她的牙齿比作珍珠。
Shakespeare compared the world to a stage. 莎士比亚把世界比作舞台。
Some people have compared him to Elvis. 有些人把他比作“猫王”埃尔维斯。
■comparison of sth to sth 把……比作……
His comparison of the heart to a pump helped the children understand its action. 他将心脏比作打气筒(抽水机)有助于孩子们了解心脏的作用。
■like 像……一样
The human history is like a long river. 人类历史像一条长河。
The flowers were like a carpet of gold. 那些花卉犹如金色的地毯。
She is like a narcissus trembling in the wind. 她像一朵在风中颤抖的水仙花。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。
To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint. 由于面貌美丽而娶妻，犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。
Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 在这座大城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。
■liken...to 把……比作
Life has often been likened to a journey. 生活常常比作旅行。
Someone likened his voice to the croaking of a bull-frog. 有人把他的声音比作牛蛙的叫声。
Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination. 人生就好比一场不知终点的旅行。
■may as well...as 做某事正如……
One might as well throw money into the sea as lend it to William. 把钱借给威廉，就好像把钱扔到海里一样。
He can no more swim than a hammer can. 他不能游泳正如锤子不能游泳一样。
■no more...than 像……一样不……；……和……都不……
I know no more Spanish than I know Greek. 我对西班牙语和希腊语同样都不懂。
He is no more an artist than you are a mathematician. 就像你不是数学家一样，他也不是艺术家。
He is no more an artist than you are a mathematician. 就像你不是数学家一样，他也不是艺术家。
■resemblance to 像……
Frenchmen saw in him a resemblance to Clemenceau. 法国人可以看出他很象克莱蒙梭。
Your story bears / has / shows little or no resemblance to the facts. 你说的与事实相去甚远 或谓根本不符。
■seem 好像
The dog lay so still it scarcely seemed animate. 那条狗卧着一动也不动，简直不像活的。
John’s taken up stamp-collecting; he seems really bitten by it. 约翰已经着手集邮，好像真入迷了。
The choice of players for the team seems completely arbitrary. 队员的挑选似乎完全是主观决定的。
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