犹如

杜德纳博士是加州大学伯克利分校的生物化学家。3年前，她帮助完成了生物学界堪称不朽的一项发现：用一种比较简单的方法来改变任何生物体的DNA，犹如电脑使用者可以在文档中编辑一个单词一样。

Three years ago , Dr. Doudna , a biochemist at the University of California , Berkeley , helped make one of the most monumental discoveries in biology : a relatively easy way to alter any organism 's DNA , just as a computer user can edit a word in a document .

公信力之于司法犹如信仰之于法律。

Credibility for justice is just as belief for law .

她把宴会办得犹如一种艺术。

She has elevated the dinner party into an art form .

那消息犹如晴天霹雳。

The news came as a big blow .

这个消息犹如晴天霹雳使他们大为震惊。

The news hit them like a thunderbolt .

小船在大浪中犹如软木塞，轻轻漂来漂去。

The boat bobbed like a cork on the waves : light and buoyant .

最后上完蜡后，它看起来犹如缎子般光滑亮泽。

The final stage of waxing left it with a satin sheen .

当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。

At the time , his appointment seemed a stroke of genius .

他说人们谈起解雇犹如在讲恐怖故事。

He described talk of sackings as scare stories .

他的双眼深不见底，犹如两湾棕色的深潭。

His eyes were like bottomless brown pools .

她双唇努起犹如一朵玫瑰花蕾，在他的鼻子上吻了一下。

She puckered her lips into a rosebud and kissed him on the nose .

我对财富的渴望疯狂、病态，犹如心头的一块重石。

My desire to be rich was an insane , unwholesome , oppressive desire .

听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。

Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel .

这项研究犹如建在流沙之上，基础极不稳固。

The research seemed founded on quicksand .

冰河是犹如河水般流动的巨大冰体。

Glaciers are moving rivers of ice

火焰燃起时，犹如几条红色条纹映衬在淡褐色的墙上。

The flames begin as a few streaks of red against the pale brown of the walls .

灯火辉煌，犹如白昼。

The place was lit up as bright as day .

这消息犹如晴天霹雳。

The news was like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky .

酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。

Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child .

热烈的掌声，犹如春雷迸发。

Applause broke out like spring thunder .

爱邻居犹如爱自己。

Love your neighbours as yourself .

他的目光犹如一道闪电。

His eyes glared like lightning .

噩耗传来，犹如晴天霹雳。

The grievous news came like a bolt from the blue .

干热低压槽犹如抱窝的母鸡赖着不走。

A hot , dry thermal sat there like a brooding hen .

那儿的普通话听起来犹如带锯割镀锌筒一样。

Common speech there sounds like a band saw cutting galvanized tin .

可她却仍然不动弹，犹如一只蜷缩的，被人遗忘的动物。

Still she was motionless , like a curled up , oblivious creature .

成功的机会犹如一缕青烟，瞬息即逝。

Any chance of success seemed to vanish in a puff of smoke .

湖水清澈，犹如明镜。

The lake is like a clear bright mirror .

牡丹江水，汹涌澎湃，犹如万马奔腾，一泻千里。

The raging peony river raced down its long course like ten thousand stampeding horses .

这一切犹如一场噩梦。

The whole thing was a nightmare .