
equivalent基本信息
读法:英 [ɪ"kwɪv(ə)l(ə)nt] 美 [ɪ"kwɪvələnt]
释义:
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英英释义
Noun:
"a wish that was equivalent to a command"
"his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"
中英词源
equivalent 等价的
来自equal, 平等的。-val, 价值,见value.
- equivalent (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French equivalent and directly from Late Latin aequivalentem (nominative aequivalens) "equivalent," present participle of aequivalere "be equivalent," from Latin aequus "equal" (see equal (adj.)) + valere "be well, be worth" (see valiant). As a noun from c. 1500, "that which is equal or corresponds to." Related: Equivalently.
词态变化
复数 equivalents;
名词 equivalence;
权威造句
- 1. His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.
- 他所在的政党刚刚经历了一次类似心脏病突发般几近致命的打击。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The equivalent of two tablespoons of polyunsaturated oils is ample each day.
- 每天相当于两大汤匙多重不饱和油的量就足够了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.
- 八公里约等于五英里。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year"s earnings.
- 歹徒提出要给他一笔相当于他一年收入的钱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Changing her job like that is equivalent to giving her the sack.
- 那样调换她的工作等于是解雇她.
来自《简明英汉词典》
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这两个形容词均有“相等的”之意equal指几个物或事在数目、数量、重量、程度或价值等方面完全相等。
equivalent指几个物或事彼此对等,或者具有同等的价值、效果或意义等。
记忆方法
1、equi- "equal" + val- "be well, be worth" + -ent.
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