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關閉窗口 ■as it were 好像，似乎，仿佛
This so-called antique, as it were, is a fake. 這個所謂的古董，看上去好像是古董，但實際上是贗品。
He became as it were a kind of hero from a strange land. 他仿佛成了一個來自異鄉的英雄。
■compare...to 把……比作……
The poet compared her teeth to pearls. 詩人把她的牙齒比作珍珠。
Shakespeare compared the world to a stage. 莎士比亞把世界比作舞臺。
Some people have compared him to Elvis. 有些人把他比作“貓王”埃爾維斯。
■comparison of sth to sth 把……比作……
His comparison of the heart to a pump helped the children understand its action. 他將心臟比作打氣筒(抽水機)有助于孩子們了解心臟的作用。
■like 像……一樣
The human history is like a long river. 人類歷史像一條長河。
The flowers were like a carpet of gold. 那些花卉猶如金色的地毯。
She is like a narcissus trembling in the wind. 她像一朵在風中顫抖的水仙花。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活沒有目標，猶如航海沒有羅盤。
To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint. 由于面貌美麗而娶妻，猶如油漆漂亮而買屋。
Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 在這座大城市里尋找一個人猶如大海撈針。
■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. 有人把他的聲音比作牛蛙的叫聲。
Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination. 人生就好比一場不知終點的旅行。
■may as well...as 做某事正如……
One might as well throw money into the sea as lend it to William. 把錢借給威廉，就好像把錢扔到海里一樣。
He can no more swim than a hammer can. 他不能游泳正如錘子不能游泳一樣。
■no more...than 像……一樣不……；……和……都不……
I know no more Spanish than I know Greek. 我對西班牙語和希臘語同樣都不懂。
He is no more an artist than you are a mathematician. 就像你不是數學家一樣，他也不是藝術家。
He is no more an artist than you are a mathematician. 就像你不是數學家一樣，他也不是藝術家。
■resemblance to 像……
Frenchmen saw in him a resemblance to Clemenceau. 法國人可以看出他很象克萊蒙梭。
Your story bears / has / shows little or no resemblance to the facts. 你說的與事實相去甚遠 或謂根本不符。
■seem 好像
The dog lay so still it scarcely seemed animate. 那條狗臥著一動也不動，簡直不像活的。
John’s taken up stamp-collecting; he seems really bitten by it. 約翰已經著手集郵，好像真入迷了。
The choice of players for the team seems completely arbitrary. 隊員的挑選似乎完全是主觀決定的。
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