| 单词 | equivalent |
| 释义 | equivalent (once / 332 pages) 1adjn 2n If two things are basically the same, you can say that they're the equivalent of each other. Like, studying advanced physics is the equivalent of banging your head against the wall. Equivalent's Latin roots are "equal" and "value," which suggests that the word originally was used to describe things that had the same value. Now it can be used to describe things that have the same effect, or importance, or role — for example, "England's Parliament is the equivalent of America's Congress." It can also be used as an adjective: "Eating a bowl of Sugar Pops for breakfast is equivalent to starting your day with two scoops of ice-cream." WORD FAMILYequivalent: equivalence, equivalently, equivalents, nonequivalent+/equivalence: equivalences, nonequivalence USAGE EXAMPLESAny suspect who steps forward would face a misdemeanor trespassing charge — a penalty equivalent to “a slap on the hand,” Ramirez said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Last year, Boots reduced the price of "feminine" razors to bring them in line with male equivalents. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It was Don who transformed the establishment into the laundry equivalent of a trendy nightclub’s velvet-roped VIP area. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj being essentially equal to something a wish that was equivalent to a command Syn tantamount equal having the same quantity, value, or measure as another 2n a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc 2send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps Hypo|Hyper counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another replacement, substitutea person or thing that takes or can take the place of another matchsomething that resembles or harmonizes with mismatcha bad or unsuitable match complementeither of two parts that mutually complete each other ersatzan artificial or inferior substitute or imitation successora thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone succedaneum(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another) cognition, knowledge, noesis the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning n the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen Syn|Hyper combining weight, eq, equivalent weight atomic mass, atomic weight, relative atomic mass (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units |
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