equate

英 [?'kwe?t] 美[?'kwet]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?equates;過去式:?equated;過去分詞:?equated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?equating;

equate (v.): early 15c., "to make similar or the same; to balance or harmonize; distribute (ingredients) uniformly; reduce to evenness or smoothness; to set (a fracture)," from Latin aequatus "level, levelled, even, side-by-side," past participle of aequare "make even or uniform, make equal," from aequus "level, even, equal" (see equal (adj.)). Earliest use in English was of astrological calculation, then "to make equal;" meaning "to regard as equal" is early 19c. Related: Equated; equating.

1. The principle of hierarchy does not equate to totalitarian terror.: 等級制度在原則上并不等同于極權(quán)主義恐怖。

2. The author doesn't equate liberalism and conservatism.: 該作者沒有將自由主義和保守主義相提并論。

3. Some parents equate education with exam success.: 有些父母認(rèn)為教育就是考試成績優(yōu)秀。

4. You can't equate passing examination and being intelligent.: 你不能把考試及格看成是聰明.