| 单词 | equivalent |
| 释义 | equivalent (ɪkwɪvələnt ) Word forms: equivalents 1. singular noun If one amount or value is the equivalent of another, they are the same. The equivalent of two tablespoons of polyunsaturated oils is ample each day. [+ of] Match tickets used to cost the equivalent of three pints of beer [+ of] Equivalent is also an adjective. A unit is equivalent to a glass of wine or a single measure of spirits. [+ to] Calls for equivalent wage increases are bound to be heard. 2. countable noun [usually with poss] The equivalent of someone or something is a person or thing that has the same function in a different place, time, or system. ...the civil administrator of the West Bank and his equivalent in Gaza. ...the Red Cross emblem, and its equivalent in Muslim countries, the Red Crescent. Synonyms: equal, counterpart, correspondent, twin Equivalent is also an adjective. ...a decrease of 10% in property investment compared with the equivalent period last year. 3. singular noun You can use equivalent to emphasize the great or severe effect of something. [emphasis] His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack. [+ of] Collocations: cost the equivalent of Some of these pieces would have cost the equivalent today of hundreds of thousands of pounds to make, and they remain expensive. Times, Sunday Times She cost the equivalent of 600million and was so revolutionary all pre-existing fighting ships were dismissed as 'pre-dreadnoughts'. The Sun Conduct failings and remediation cost the equivalent of 80 per cent of last year's profits. Times, Sunday Times Transfers to the heart of the elegant, avenued city cost the equivalent of 1.17 on a bus from just outside the terminal. The Sun The contingent capital facility cost the equivalent of a further 1.28 billion over four years. Times, Sunday Times Plus, costs have been allowed to spiral out of control, while these are not being matched with any equivalent increase in revenues. Times, Sunday Times Spending had risen from 550 million in 2004-05 to about 600 million in 2008-09 with no equivalent increase in the number of cases. Times, Sunday Times Conversely, a 1 percent decrease in fossil fuel prices should produce, on average, an equivalent increase in stock price. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This lengthened the fuselage and allowed the carriage of 103 litters for wounded, 13 standard pallets, 205 troops, 168 paratroopers, or an equivalent increase in other loads. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most now offer attractive rates only to borrowers with a deposit of at least 15 per cent, or an equivalent level of equity in their home. Times, Sunday Times The trust said its mortality rates were 'at an equivalent level to the rest of the country' and systems were in place to improve learning in heart monitoring. The Sun However, there are also equivalent level civilian titles as well who also have equivalent power and responsibility and are saluted due to following uniform customs and courtesies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More pervasive and potentially more invasive will be equivalent levels of surveillance on the web. Times, Sunday Times As a result, earnings data consistently show that artistic incomes are much lower than those of other professionals with equivalent levels of training and experience. The Times Literary Supplement Every interception must be authorised by a warrant signed by the home secretary or a minister of equivalent rank. Times, Sunday Times The sum - mostly for car mileage and 'subsistence allowance' - went to forces chiefs with an equivalent rank of brigadier or higher. The Sun One could imagine an 18th-century notable striding out of a morning, giving orders to the farm staff, then returning inside to greet guests of equivalent rank. Times, Sunday Times Generally, in most armies and marine units, a lieutenant or equivalent rank leads a platoon, which can consist of three or four squads. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In cavalry companies the equivalent rank was cornet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Previously the bank charged interest at an annual equivalent rate of 19.3% on agreed overdrafts. Times, Sunday Times If your mortgage rate was 5%, a higher-rate taxpayer would need a savings account paying 8% to earn an equivalent rate of interest. Times, Sunday Times That works out at an annual equivalent rate of 39% to 85%. Times, Sunday Times Over the five years this works out at an annual equivalent rate of 4.42%. Times, Sunday Times If you make three withdrawals over a year, you will earn an equivalent rate of just 4.28%. Times, Sunday Times In the majority of cases, mews are better value per square foot than flats of an equivalent size. Times, Sunday Times A detached farmhouse of equivalent size in the area would go for between 1.25m and 1.5m - and it wouldn't have such a rich literary heritage. Times, Sunday Times The complex shape, costly cladding, tricky details and structural glazing would push the budget to about double the price of a conventional flat-roofed extension of an equivalent size. Times, Sunday Times Some of the sensitive advanced systems were replaced with dummy equipment of equivalent size and weight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Process speeds can be as fast as conventional dry sand blasting when using the equivalent size and type of media. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At present medical students favour hospital-based careers, which are perceived as more prestigious than general practice, even though the entry qualifications are of equivalent standard. Times, Sunday Times It was about equivalent standards. Times, Sunday Times The law acknowledges that these codes can be legitimate so long as they are reasonable and apply equivalent standards to male and female colleagues. The Sun These generally cost less to run than equivalent unit trusts and can invest in a variety of asset classes; shares, property and private equity spring to mind. Times, Sunday Times Property investment trusts have an average risk rating of 3.8, against 5.1 for the equivalent unit trusts. Times, Sunday Times They tend to deliver better performance with cheaper charges than the equivalent unit trusts. Times, Sunday Times Equivalent unit fraction series are associated with fractions 1/3, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These initials stand for twenty-foot equivalent unit, and forty-foot equivalent unit, respectively. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Transfers of cash or property for less than reasonably equivalent value. Christianity Today Any cashback that customers have accrued before this month will be converted into an equivalent value of reward points. The Sun So we set a conservative value of $750 a month, or $9000 a year, as the average equivalent value of a parsonage. Christianity Today We now look forward and will watch whether this board can deliver equivalent value to shareholders. Times, Sunday Times This has the equivalent value of 25 for every 10,000. Times, Sunday Times Pure cerastocytin, on the other hand, induces platelet aggregation six times slower than an equivalent volume of venom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When suspended cells pass through it, they would displace the equivalent volume of electrolyte in the sensing zone and cause a short term change of electric current across the aperture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This means that the propeller moves more air per revolution and allows the engine to spin slower while moving an equivalent volume of air, thus maintaining velocity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of the company's biggest-selling products will be vulnerable to attack from generic equivalents this year - a so-called patent cliff puts annual sales worth more than 7.5bn at risk. Times, Sunday Times While they no longer have canon rules, they can be used as their generic equivalents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The firm produced antibiotics, such as penicillin and tetracycline, waiting for the expiration of patents on brand-name medications and then producing generic equivalents at lower prices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, his books are the nearest literary equivalent to the cinematic experience - documents of pure narrative, with characters as thin as celluloid itself. Times, Sunday Times There's enough warmth and wit to stop it being turned into a literary equivalent of a misery memoir. Times, Sunday Times It's the literary equivalent of a crossword puzzle, engaging the brain rather than the emotions. Times,Sunday Times Sometimes these short stories feel more like the literary equivalent of sightseeing. Times, Sunday Times There are so many quotations from previous writers that the early chapters, in particular, feel like the literary equivalent of a mix tape. The Times Literary Supplement It is the modern equivalent of the traditional woodblock print. Times, Sunday Times (2017) A modern equivalent of the 'end of schoolday' bell might be the answer. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Small tweaks in the rules could end up being a sophisticated modern equivalent of the pre-1970s system of credit controls. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He also offers a modern-day equivalent of the old warriors. Times, Sunday Times She had no response - it was a modern-day equivalent of the stocks. The Sun Now scientists have come up with a modern-day equivalent — a fish that glows when exposed to polluted water. The Sun And even if someone did record a modern-day equivalent, would radio play it - and would anyone buy it? Times, Sunday Times In short, it wouldn't be as comfy as its modern-day equivalent. Times, Sunday Times He described the energy crisis as 'the moral equivalent of war'. Times, Sunday Times He cited the effort was the moral equivalent of war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The moral equivalent of a black hole. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The game has a fixed time limit of 35 cycles (a cycle represents a rough equivalent to an in game day). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Prospects were bleak, and no-one expected that the collection would be sold for the rough equivalent of 115.000 guilders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In so doing, it equates seats with their rough equivalents under previous boundaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My calculations indicated that the power of the explosion was roughly equivalent to twelve kilos of Semtex. CORMORANT The word is aziendalista and it means something roughly equivalent to 'company man'. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The increase, roughly equivalent to two dress sizes, saw the hip measurements for size 10 clothing rise from 91cm in 1981 to 93cm in 2002. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This is because income from inheritance in the top centile is roughly equivalent to income from earnings. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) I earned a salary equivalent to that of a good provincial lawyer. Times, Sunday Times Officers were paid a salary equivalent to their rank in the other side's forces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This militancy achieved its peak in the 1970s when teachers won salaries equivalent to state parliament backbenchers, a massive and systemic initiative for building improvements, and massive curriculum reform. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A metropolis afflicted by the urban equivalent of post-traumatic stress disorder. Times, Sunday Times This was heavy engineering at its best, the urban equivalent of battleships, steam trains and ocean liners. Times, Sunday Times What their urban equivalents might spend on food or home, the rural poor must spend on getting to work. Times, Sunday Times On average, homes in the countryside are 26 per cent more expensive than their urban equivalents while wages are 26 per cent lower. Times, Sunday Times Seaside gardens and their urban equivalents, balconies and roof terraces, do suffer; without protection, delicate plants will be reduced to ribbons. Times, Sunday Times He stopped nodding to his music for a moment, removed his headphones and delivered the verbal equivalent of a right uppercut. Times, Sunday Times With the verbal equivalent of his trademark dance style, the 68-year-old sidesteps confrontation. Times,Sunday Times The verbal equivalent of ripping out middle stump with a yorker. Times, Sunday Times A minister who regurgitates such lifeless, lazily formulaic words - the verbal equivalent of motel carpet - will be no terrible loss to the cabinet. Times, Sunday Times How often has some wonderful piece of verse, some rousing sonnet or impassioned soliloquy been reduced to the verbal equivalent of dried biscuit crumbs by overanalysis? Times, Sunday Times A print was the visual equivalent of a book: the published image rather than the published word. The Times Literary Supplement It's the visual equivalent of running a fingernail across a blackboard. Times, Sunday Times It's so busily overdesigned, it feels like the visual equivalent of hyperventilating until you pass out. Times, Sunday Times Consider these wacky shades the visual equivalent of an echo chamber. Times, Sunday Times Druggy art can be the visual equivalent of being cornered by a bar-room philosopher. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 同等物 Japanese: 同等のもの |
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