| 单词 | equal |
| 释义 | equal (iːkwəl ) Word forms: equals , equalling , equalled regional note: in AM, use equaling, equaled 1. adjective B1 If two things are equal or if one thing is equal to another, they are the same in size, number, standard, or value. Investors can borrow an amount equal to the property's purchase price. [+ to] ...in a population having equal numbers of men and women. Research and teaching are of equal importance. Synonyms: identical, the same, matched, matching 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 If different groups of people have equal rights or are given equal treatment, they have the same rights or are treated the same as each other, however different they are. We will be justly demanding equal rights at work. ...the commitment to equal opportunities. ...new legislation allowing companies to compete on equal terms. 3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 If you say that people are equal, you mean that they have or should have the same rights and opportunities as each other. We are equal in every way. We teach our children that everyone is equal under the law. 4. countable noun Someone who is your equal has the same ability, status, or rights as you have. She was one of the boys, their equal. You should have married somebody more your equal. Synonyms: match, equivalent, fellow, twin 5. adjective If someone is equal to a particular job or situation, they have the necessary ability, strength, or courage to deal successfully with it. She was determined that she would be equal to any test the corporation put to them. [+ to] The guards were equal to anything. Synonyms: capable of, up to, ready for, suitable for 6. link verb B2 If something equals a particular number or amount, it is the same as that amount or the equivalent of that amount. 9 percent interest less 7 percent inflation equals 2 percent. [VERB amount] The average pay rise equalled 1.41 times inflation. [VERB amount] Synonyms: amount to, make, come to, total 7. verb To equal something or someone means to be as good or as great as them. The victory equalled Southend's best in history. [VERB noun] No amount of money can equal memories like that. [VERB noun] Synonyms: be as good as, match, compare with, equate with 8. has no equal phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone or something has no equal, you think that there is nothing that is as good as them or that reaches the same standard. [emphasis] As a pastor, it can be argued he has no equal. The film demands attention, and has no equal in cinema history. 9. other things being equal phrase If you say 'other things being equal' or 'all things being equal' when talking about a possible situation, you mean if nothing unexpected happens or if there are no other factors which affect the situation. Other things being equal, most tenants would prefer single to shared rooms. All things being equal, should it matter who earns most money? Collocations: equal a record If they win tomorrow, they equal the record for consecutive international wins. Times, Sunday Times Vision will suffice - he will be transfixed by the attempt to equal his record. Times, Sunday Times I am really very proud to equal the record. Times, Sunday Times But he has a chance to equal the record haul today in the individual freestyle. Times, Sunday Times They also equalled the record for the earliest title win when they clinched it with five games to spare. The Sun For each transaction, the total debits equal the total credits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At a certain depth below it, the total population losses equal the total population gains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The total of each individual supplier account added together should equal the total in the trade creditors control a/c. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was the forward's second goal in seven league starts, equalling his total of last season, which took 35 appearances to compile. Times, Sunday Times He also hit two batters, equalling his total from his first 11 starts. Globe and Mail He worked indefatigably to establish the subject on an equal footing with organic chemistry. Times, Sunday Times (2012) So if a woman desires a career on an equal footing with her brothers, she should choose to remain childless? Times, Sunday Times (2013) Surely by now we should be on an equal footing with men in all careers? The Sun (2011) On the plus side, the online game allows you to compete against players from around the world on a more or less equal footing. Times, Sunday Times (2008) His method - which consists of abrupt practical advice and tangential anecdote, both boomed out with equal intensity - clearly achieves results. The Times Literary Supplement These values can be best displayed using a contoured map of equal intensity, known as an isoseismal map. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, even for tones of equal intensity, perceived pitch and measured frequency do not stand in a simple linear relationship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Suppose we have a beam of light consisting of a large number of photons split up into two components of equal intensity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When all colors were held at equal intensity, amber had the poorest detection time both daytime and night. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The issue at stake — open and equal justice — could hardly be more serious. Times, Sunday Times Companies will take pride in being places where everyone experiences equal dignity, has equal opportunity and receives equal justice. Globe and Mail I know of no accusation against possibles that can not be made with equal justice against sets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 King explained that they gave hope to all of us who struggle for human dignity and equal justice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She will be remembered with fondness and respect for her unwavering commitment to the principle of equal justice for all. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are trained squadrons and units subjected to the same inspection tests as their full-time equivalents and passing out with equal merit. Times, Sunday Times Not all criticisms of the banks are of equal merit. Times, Sunday Times No doubt there are other candidates of equal merit who would have enjoyed a chance to apply for this plum job. Times, Sunday Times We need a curriculum that gives equal merit to the academic and the extracurricular activities that produce our finest artists and sports people. Times, Sunday Times In science, opposing views do not always have equal merit. Times, Sunday Times But unfortunately an equal number are completely hopeless. Times, Sunday Times Respondents were divided over public services, with 45 per cent wanting charities to deliver more and an equal number voting against. Times, Sunday Times Maybe 50 hobos in the jungle this year, and an equal number of hobo hobbyists and hobo historians and hobos-at-heart. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Twenty years on, an equal number of traditional and electronic games (125m each) are sold annually across the pond. Times, Sunday Times By limiting himself to 25 stocks and buying an equal number of each. Times, Sunday Times A number of different actions might each be part, and a necessary but not equal part, of the means of achieving the aim. Times, Sunday Times In equal part, though, he wasn't sure if he was good enough. Times, Sunday Times Both understand that each has an equal part to play in this music. Times, Sunday Times They should be sharing an equal part of the savings they make with the customer. The Sun It works on the principle that any individual who shares its values can be an equal part of its work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We are committed to protecting human rights, equal participation and equal development. Times, Sunday Times It had become a battle for statistically equal participation in society's activities, power, and rewards. Christianity Today Integrated programs within the subject committees will provide the equal participation of basic and clinical sciences to teach a particular organ system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They considered the right to free association and the right to equal participation in the electoral process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Round-robin polling also resulted in a larger number of inputs and fostered more equal participation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite the fact that its chairman says we will be equal partners, the merger terms suggest otherwise. Times, Sunday Times Are husbands and wives equal partners? Times, Sunday Times Increasingly, however, men are becoming equal partners when planning their celebrations and, in some cases, are taking over completely. Times, Sunday Times Husband and wife were equal partners and fidelity was enjoined upon both. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It turns the idea of female submission on its head by demanding that husbands must likewise view their wives as authoritative, intelligent and equal partners in marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You might argue that to free yourself from the 'caretaker' role, you should assert your needs and move towards a healthier equal partnership. Times, Sunday Times The company created an equal partnership between architects, engineers and other specialists to create buildings that were more technically fitted to their purpose. Times, Sunday Times We might be technically 'out', but it would not be an equal partnership. The Sun The two of them are, she says, very much an equal partnership. Times, Sunday Times We're in an extraordinarily equal partnership. The Sun You could see a ticker-tape parade of notions and memories assert themselves in no particular order — random instructions to be followed, all with equal passion. Times, Sunday Times His passion for collecting art was echoed by an equal passion for collecting friends, to whom he remained unfailingly loyal. Times, Sunday Times Audiences and critics warmed to it with equal passion. Times, Sunday Times You're either going to love this trend or hate it with equal passion. Times, Sunday Times Others disagree with equal passion. Times, Sunday Times Tax accountants have suggested that the option of 12 equal payments could be exempt from income tax — boosting the income for investors. Times, Sunday Times That was despite admitting they would be willing to accept it in five staggered equal payments. The Sun The deal included a $1 million signing bonus (making his base salary $550,000), dispersed throughout the season over four equal payments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The borrower would make equal payments on the hybrid loans until the value of the building and loan shares was equal to the principal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thereafter, the balance would be remitted in two equal payments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Equal rights have been won but equal status and equal power remain far more elusive. Times, Sunday Times The carbon dioxide emissions created will be about twice those produced in gas-burning facilities of equal power. Times, Sunday Times This photo reveals an equal power balance between them. The Sun Both experiences had equal power. Times, Sunday Times Other alliance members will become sub-contractors, although they insist on retaining equal power. Times, Sunday Times Quirky, whimsical humour and pathos in equal proportion — an absolute gem and a complete antidote to the overblown, overhyped crime fare on offer. Times, Sunday Times However, if the market went in the other direction, you would lose in equal proportion. Times, Sunday Times Their gilded lifestyles attract envy and anger in almost equal proportion. Times, Sunday Times Twenty-six per cent of firms responding to the survey reported that sales volumes were up on a year earlier, while an equal proportion said that they were down. Times, Sunday Times The additive combination of any two primary colors in roughly equal proportion gives rise to the perception of a secondary color. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The latter depend increasingly on accurate predictions, impersonal exchange, private property and equal protection under the law. Times, Sunday Times Equal pay, equal rights, equal protection, equal opportunity, equal respect, equal shares of your income and all the house. Times, Sunday Times Was it freedom of speech or due process or equal protection? Times, Sunday Times Buck protested against involuntary sterilization on the grounds that it violated equal protection laws as well as her right to bodily integrity. The Times Literary Supplement Cultures that do not accept these premises do not deserve equal protection in a liberal democracy. Times, Sunday Times Spoon an equal quantity of the sauce on to the sponge mixture in each pot. The Sun Dice an equal quantity of stale bread. The Sun Celeriac has a delicate, celery-like flavour that makes a tasty mash when puréed with an equal quantity of mashed potato and flavoured with lots of butter, sautéed onion and milk. Times, Sunday Times Heat the consommé with an equal quantity of water. Times, Sunday Times Mix together in equal quantity. Times, Sunday Times Although the colonels are of equal rank and from separate units, they still face accusations that they fell below the moral standards expected of them. The Sun This position was originally of equal rank to other consorts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spouses have equal rank in each corresponding side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two successive ranking teams from one group were put together in group with the other two teams from other two groups of equal rank. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those of equal rank tend to avoid each other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His writing suggests, however, that his notion of a pluralistic society not only requires equal recognition of alternative faith communities, but of alternative faith theologies. Christianity Today Other aspects need equal recognition. Christianity Today Riders aim to complete the course within specified time limits, and receive equal recognition regardless of their finishing order. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Equality and equal representation rule in every other walk of life. Times, Sunday Times They seemed worn down by the lack of progress; the fact that we are still having conversations about equal pay and not managing to meet basic targets about equal representation. Times,Sunday Times You had equal representation with him. Christianity Today The result will be equal representation, much to the benefit of the companies and firms themselves. Times, Sunday Times But this was no time to be fussing about equal representation. Times, Sunday Times Equal pay, equal rights, equal protection, equal opportunity, equal respect, equal shares of your income and all the house. Times, Sunday Times She said that to not give equal respect to both votes would be 'contemptuous'. Times, Sunday Times And finally, the assumption of multiculturalism that all cultures, in all their manifestations, have a right to equal respect. Times, Sunday Times Instead of equal respect for humanity, they set interest group against group. Times, Sunday Times To each he accorded equal respect. Times, Sunday Times We all have an equal right to be on that a grid. Times, Sunday Times It's a safeguard that gives everyone, especially people who've become homeless through no fault of their own, an equal right to challenge public bodies who break the law. Times, Sunday Times All human beings, regardless of age, location or capacities, are regarded in international law as equal members of the human family and thus as having an equal right to life. The Sun Let us please assume that older people have as much right to healthy lifestyle advice as everyone else - and an equal right to decide what to do with it. Times, Sunday Times Gardeners with this type of soil have every right to be a little smug and the rest of us have an equal right to want to punch them occasionally. Times, Sunday Times In the event of an equal score for food, we used the marks for ambience as tie-breakers to determine the position in the list. Times, Sunday Times If the two teams have equal scores after accounting for all inquiries, the match proceeds to an overtime period. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When both teams have equal scores at the end of the round, the points are hanging. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The compromise deal will result in both sides getting an equal share over the next decade. Times, Sunday Times I do an equal share of chores and childcare. The Sun You have a right to an equal share of living space. The Sun All three have an equal share in the two companies. Times, Sunday Times In many cases this will be an equal share for each flat, or it may differ according to floor areas, rateable values etc. Times, Sunday Times Of equal significance was that the contest ended a shade after 5pm. Times, Sunday Times It begins a moving album that addresses brow-furrowing issues — war, ecological collapse and religious dread — while giving equal significance to a deep belief in the essential goodness of humanity. Times, Sunday Times Methodological objections have been made to this course as each allusion may not have an equal significance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This theory gives equal significance to both verbal and non-verbal processing and suggests that there are two separate systems for processing these types of information. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bedrooms should be of equal size, two bathrooms are a must, and most sharers want properties at least part-furnished. Times, Sunday Times Quarter the beetroot and cut the tomatoes into equal size chunks, approximately 3cm wide. The Sun Remove the towel and slice into 16 pieces of equal size. Times, Sunday Times The wishlist included bedrooms of equal size, each with an en suite bathroom and large walk-in or fitted wardrobes. Times, Sunday Times Pick ones of equal size, too - they'll be easier to cook evenly. Times, Sunday Times Battling climate change must 'be given equal standing with counterterrorism,' they say. The Sun Plus 12 other contestants of almost equal standing. The Sun In the government and administration, both languages are official languages of equal standing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Four preliminary groups were then constructed by randomly drawing one player from each pool, creating four groups of fairly equal standing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 2005 changes now made all allowable forms equal standing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A footballer of equal stature would be vilified with the very morals of the sport placed under scrutiny. Times, Sunday Times Like it had equal stature to the elders' meetings, to the board meetings, to the property acquisition meetings, and to the fundraising meetings. Christianity Today We are assured there will be a replacement of 'equal stature'. Times, Sunday Times I can't imagine two male comedy performers, of equal stature, being shunted into this kind of slot, with so little publicity. Times, Sunday Times Employees of equal stature will not worry about whether they are running a few minutes behind schedule to meet with one another. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Equal rights have been won but equal status and equal power remain far more elusive. Times, Sunday Times (2015) They wanted them to be of equal status. Times, Sunday Times (2012) She wants pre-school education to be given equal status to primary and secondary schools. The Sun (2015) While rejecting the commission's authority requiring him to repay the money, he said he would donate an equal sum to the police in his district. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This means the sum of the forces in a given direction must be opposed by an equal sum of forces in the opposite direction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not every multiset of positive integers has a partition into two halves with equal sum. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All presidential election candidates receiving at least 10 percent of the vote are awarded an equal sum as election-campaign reimbursement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our investigation assumed a family of four would withdraw 1,500 euros in ten equal sums and withdraw 750 euros in two cash withdrawals. The Sun In reality, we needed it to compete on equal terms, but it became a subsidy. Times, Sunday Times A third possible coalition arrangement could involve the establishment of an opposition platform on more equal terms. ST Having three tempters before us, apparently on equal terms, changes the dynamic dramatically. Times, Sunday Times Were we to meet in the outside world, on equal terms, then who knows what might happen? Times, Sunday Times It's all part of the rite of passage to becoming a grown-up, he says, to mix with the teachers on more equal terms. Times, Sunday Times Institutions and individuals should be equal under the law. Times, Sunday Times We are all equal under the law and everybody must obey the law. The Sun All citizens, regardless of rank, were equal under the law. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Economic sectors operate in accordance with the law and are equal under the law in the interest of co-existence, cooperation and healthy competition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While equality jurisprudence primarily centres around a pledge of the protection of equal laws, laws frequently classify individuals out of necessity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Whether one knowledge and skill set had equal value to another was in itself a value judgment. Times, Sunday Times You could plausibly give first and subsequent preferences an equal value only if you thought there was no really important difference between the parties. Times, Sunday Times People are all of equal value, but the same cannot be said of cultures: not all cultures are desirable or admirable. Times, Sunday Times Etiquette dictates that any gift taken from the geocache must be replaced by you with one of equal value. Times, Sunday Times Even the archbishops seem shy about discussing the sanctity of life and few have dared to debate whether all lives are of equal value. Times, Sunday Times The election was not 'general' in the sense that it was fought with equal vigour across the country. Times, Sunday Times She hurts and hates with equal vigour, reflecting, for once, the relentless violence that underpins the novel. Times, Sunday Times Equal vigour, he promised, would be applied to swatting small-time 'flies' as to bringing down the big 'tigers' engaged in corruption at what were once untouchably high levels of government. Times, Sunday Times As someone furiously waves him down, he flourishes a fictitious permission slip with equal vigour and keeps going. Times, Sunday Times Mix the scales with an equal volume of moist compost and place in a polythene bag. The Sun Peel scales from bulb, breaking them from base and mix with equal volume of moist compost. The Sun Fry finely chopped garlic and rosemary in olive oil for a couple of minutes, then add your tomatoes and an equal volume of drained cannellini beans. Times, Sunday Times Break them away gently, right at the base and mix the scales with an equal volume of moist compost in a polythene bag. The Sun By creating a mist, and equal volume of water will create a larger total surface area exposed to the fire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have measured longterm fame by celebrity and gravitas and give equal weight to both. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The first-person narrative gives equal weight to the tale of the waning relationship and to descriptions of the technical job of writing sentences. Times, Sunday Times (2015) In performance measurement you need a measure of the return that gives equal weight to each unit of time. Principles of Corporate Finance (1991) Its principal use is to link two sentences of equal weight to make one. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Weather in art is an effective symbolic language, but it's a language in which not all words have equal weight. The Times Literary Supplement He acknowledges, however, that the four centuries of his survey are not of equal worth. The Times Literary Supplement So why are humans of equal worth, demanding the same level of concern? The Times Literary Supplement Rights are universal, the birthright of all humans, and are focused on the inherent dignity and equal worth of all. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's the perfect length for these uncertain times: neither short nor long, up and down in equal measure, a veritable alternative fact of a hemline. Times, Sunday Times (2017) But here's an hour that's drenched, in equal measure, with ambitious effects, life-threatening wounds, heart-to-hearts ... and disco dancing. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Here we have a car that features electrical and mechanical engineering in equal measure. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Unorthodoxy can deflate and exasperate in equal measure. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Loved and feared in almost equal measure, he mixes extreme moves with architectural design and brainbox underpinnings. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It marks the time when day and night are of nearly equal length across the world, and advances about six hours each year. Times, Sunday Times It may have been a month ago, but it triggered breakthroughs you've been longing for and dreading in nearly equal parts. Times,Sunday Times We could have been enjoying lighter evenings, and saving energy, for several weeks if the periods were nearly equal. Times, Sunday Times Slack, the $16bn (£13bn) workplace messaging service, has signed up 9,000 new accounts in the past three weeks - nearly equal to the 10,000 it signed in the preceding six months. Times,Sunday Times Or at least nearly equal. Times, Sunday Times In this work, we propose a wideband multi-section transforming coupled-line balun using near equal length transmission line elements. 2015, 'A 0.8–8 GHz Multi-Section Coupled Line Balun', Electronics The quadrifid processes have divergent arms of equal length. Insectivorous Plants (1875) The processes within the bladders are quadrifid, with the four diverging arms of equal length. Insectivorous Plants (1875) However, the engineers lacked any kind of consensus, with roughly equal votes for cement mixer, concrete mixer and mixer truck. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The extra emissions are roughly equal to the particulates saved by reduced engine use. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The best qualified of all are chartered or certified financial planners whose qualifications are roughly equal to a university degree. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There was a belief for a long time that the equinox - when there are roughly equal hours of day and night - affects the weather. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If you have got a mixed group of roughly equal numbers, then this is a good activity game to play. Working with Teenagers (1994) Translations: Chinese: 相等的, 比得上, 同等的人能力、地位或权利等 Japanese: 等しい, ･･･に等しい, 匹敵者 |
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