equivalent

[i'kwivələnt]

adj.等价的 相等的
n.相等物

a.

1. 相等的, 相同的[(+to)]

His reply is equivalent to a refusal.

他的回答等于是拒绝。

2. 等价的, 等值的; 等量的; 等效的[(+to)]

A meter is equivalent to 39.37 inches.

一米相当于三十九点三七英寸。

3. 同意义的

4. 【化】等价的

5. 【数】等面积的, 等体积的

n.[C]

1. 相等物; 等价物[(+of/to)]

A dime is the equivalent of two nickels.

一角硬币等于两个五分镍币。

2. 同义字[(+of/for)]

Some English words have no Chinese equivalents.

有些英文字在中文里没有对应的词。

3. 【化】【物】当量

词形变化

副词: equivalently |

词义辨析

同义:

n.相等物

equal  match  like  rival  counterpart  substitute  replacement  

同义参见:

peer  parallel  option  match  commensurate  coincident  analogous  correspondent  correspondence  twin  coordinate  same  relative  

反义:

a.相同的

different  

英英释义

名词 equivalent:

a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc

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

同义词：equivalent weight, combining weight, eq

形容词 equivalent:

equal in amount or value

同义词：like, equal, same

being essentially equal to something

同义词：tantamount

补充

equivalentequivalent英:[iˈkwivələnt] 美:[ɪˈkwɪvələnt]adj.1.相等的, 相当的There is no exactly equivalent French tense to the present perfect tense in English.法语里没有和英语中的现在完成时完全对应的时态。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。

例句

1. The landlord asked for the equivalent of one month's rent as a deposit.房东要求用一个月的房租作为押金。 2. Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years' salary for a government worker.即使是最便宜的汽车, 费用也相当于一个公务员70年的工资。 3. the civil administrator of the West Bank and his equivalent in Gaza约旦河西岸的民政官员和加沙的同等职位官员 4. the Red Cross and its equivalent in Islamic countries, the Red Crescent红十字会和伊斯兰国家的同类组织——红新月会 5. products of an equivalent value价值相等的产品 6. Women were paid less than men doing equivalent work.做同样的工作女性比男性得到的工资少。 7. A unit is equivalent to a glass of wine.一个单位相当于一杯葡萄酒。 8. a decrease of 10% in investment compared with the equivalent period in 1991与1991年同期相比, 投资下降了10% 9. Users say the word they want in English and the translator speaks the equivalent word back in French, German, or Spanish.使用者用英语说出他们想表达的词, 翻译用法语、德语或西班牙语说出对应词。 10. one unit is equivalent to one glass of wine.一个单位等于一杯酒。 11. some regulations are equivalent to censorship.有些规定起到了审查作用。 12. the French equivalent of the Bank of England.与英格兰银行相对等的法国银行。 13. The British House of Commons is roughly equivalent to the American House of Representatives.英国的下议院大致相当于美国的众议院。 14. There is no English equivalent to the French ‘bon appétit’.法语的 bon appétit，在英语里找不到对应词。 15. Those less-known companies manufacture equivalent products at cheaper prices.那些不太出名的公司生产同样的产品，价格却更便宜。 16. "I haven't taken English 202, but I took an equivalent course at another university."我没上过“英语202”这门课，但我在另外一所大学上过一门与之相当的课程。 17. an equivalent amount of money同等数量的钱 18. two words of equivalent meaning = two words that are equivalent in meaning两个同义词 19. "100 milligrams of calcium, which is equivalent to three glasses of milk"*100毫克钙，相当于三杯牛奶的钙含量 20. "Allowing him to leave prison now would be equivalent to [=would amount to, would be the same as] saying that his crime was not serious."允许他现在离开监狱就等于说他的罪行不严重。 21. The two products are priced equivalently.这两种产品定价相同。 22. a Chinese word for which English has no (exact) equivalent在英语中没有确切对应词的汉语词 23. His newspaper column is the journalistic equivalent of candy.他在报纸中撰写的专栏就好比是新闻大餐中的糖果。