| 释义 |
〔compare〕To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; liken.比拟，喻为：考虑或描述为相似、相等或类似的；把…比喻成〔ungrateful〕"I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"(Abraham Lincoln)“我不愿履行喻为失败的徒劳工作”(亚伯拉罕·林肯)〔breast〕Something likened to the human breast:被喻为人胸脯的某物：〔tendency〕“[These] words . . . express the whole current of modern feeling" (James Bryce).Adrift is a tendency that depends for its direction or course on the impetus of something likened to a shifting current of air or water: “［这些］ 词…表达了现代情感的整体潮流” （詹姆士· 希莱斯）。Drift 指其方向或路线依赖于被喻为空气或水流的变动潮流的事物的推动力的倾向： |