liken to

liken to はナントカのようだと言いたいときによく使います。受動態でも能動態でも使われます。0:35 as she neared the comet this year, Rosetta took pictures revealing that it's not shaped like a rugby ball as it has been assumed but actually comprised of two segments connected by a neck giving it an asymmetrical shape that's been likened to a duck. 今年、探査機「ロゼッタ」がチュリモフ・ゲラシメンコ彗星に接近したときこの彗星が当初予測されていたラグビーボールの形ではなくむしろ、大きな塊と小さな塊が首のような細い部分で連結されたアヒルの如き左右非対称形であることが判明した。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF-mT2hefrA  2;23 the only thing I could liken it to is as if each molecule there exploded. あの事故を例えられるたった一つの言い方はあの場にあった分子は木っ端微塵に吹っ飛んだようだっといえること。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-OSAIRZ0A0  0:34 it's been likened to uncorking a full bottom of wine while it lies on its side. 温暖化の影響で解け落ちる氷河は横に寝かしたワインボトルのコルク抜きになぞらえることができる。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANSmB5aHsrg  0:08 one commissioner likened it to cleaning your house before you in-laws come to visit. タンパで開かれる予定の共和党総決起大会を前に道路をきれいに舗装する行為は大会関係者に言わせれば、親戚がやってくる前に家の中を片付けるようなものらしい。

参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2014/03/blog-post_9301.html  狂った朝の光にも似た

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