■as it were 好像，似乎，仿佛

This so-called antique, as it were, is a fake. 這個(gè)所謂的古董，看上去好像是古董，但實(shí)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(gè)來(lái)自異鄉(xiāng)的英雄。

■compare...to 把……比作……

The poet compared her teeth to pearls. 詩(shī)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(tái)。

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(jī))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(lèi)歷史像一條長(zhǎng)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(fēng)中顫抖的水仙花。

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活沒(méi)有目標(biāo)，猶如航海沒(méi)有羅盤(pán)。

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(mǎi)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(gè)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(chǎng)不知終點(diǎn)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(qián)借給威廉，就好像把錢(qián)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(duì)西班牙語(yǔ)和希臘語(yǔ)同樣都不懂。

He is no more an artist than you are a mathematician. 就像你不是數(shù)學(xué)家一樣，他也不是藝術(shù)家。

He is no more an artist than you are a mathematician. 就像你不是數(shù)學(xué)家一樣，他也不是藝術(shù)家。

■resemblance to 像……

Frenchmen saw in him a resemblance to Clemenceau. 法國(guó)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(shuō)的與事實(shí)相去甚遠(yuǎn) 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(dòng)也不動(dòng)，簡(jiǎn)直不像活的。

John’s taken up stamp-collecting; he seems really bitten by it. 約翰已經(jīng)著手集郵，好像真入迷了。

The choice of players for the team seems completely arbitrary. 隊(duì)員的挑選似乎完全是主觀決定的。

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