1、首先它是个动词 比如 I like the book我喜欢这本书，I like to draw我喜欢画画 然后动词的现在分词形式就是liking，不过外国人没人说I am liking to...，因为like本身就可以用一般现在时表示进行了～总之做“喜欢”时，现在分词是be liking【只是一种形式～不常见】
2、当它是“像”的时候可以是介词、形容词、副词，这些都没太大影响，具体有 he looks like his father.他【长得】像他爸爸。 he is like his father.他【各方面，尤指性格、为人处世等方面】像他爸爸。 it seems like/it looks like that……【事情进展、情况】似乎…… there are many kinds of fruits, like apple, orange, banana,...【举例】像是……
另外还有两个词alike,likely 都是根据like“像”的意思衍生的。 alike只能做表语，就是说只能跟在be动词后， 比如上面he looks like his father. 就可以说成They are alike. be like是相像的意思，主语一般是复数。 likely是有可能 be likely to do/it is likely that... 比如he is likely to go他可能要走了——it is likely that he is to go很有可能他是要走了 这两句是一样的。 再跟it looks like 对比一下：it looks like that he is to go看上去他是打算走了是根据看到的作出的推测。 望被采纳！