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单词 equate
释义 equate
\(ˈ)ē|kwāt, ə̇ˈk-, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English equaten, from Latin aequatus, past participle of aequare — more at equable
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to make equal : equalize
  < Turkey has had difficulties equating exports and imports — Welles Hangen >
  : make equal in specific respects
  < two groups equated as to age and sex >
 specifically : to establish equality with respect to (one or more attributes between colors evoked by different stimuli)
  < when matching colors in quantitative experiments, hue, brilliance, and saturation must each be equated >
 b. : to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard or obtain a correct result; specifically : to make allowance for grading or curving (a railroad track or sections of it) by adding a specified distance for each degree of curvature or foot of ascent especially in obtaining a basis for division of charges between different sections of a through route
 c. : to make comparable : show the relationship between
  < equate the production of poetry to the forms of society — J.G.Fletcher >
2.
 a. : to treat, represent, or regard as equal, equivalent, or comparable
  < a superior … had unbent so far as to equate her with herself — José Durand >
  < tend to equate … “good” with “European” — Rosalind Murray >
 specifically : to put in the form of an equation
  < not to be … equated by the mathematician — John Ruskin >
 b. : to regard as necessarily or properly associated
  < they equate goodness with unhappiness, as some ladies … equate culture with seriousness — O.S.J.Gogarty >
intransitive verb
: to correspond as equal (as in meaning)
 < little men from space equate neatly with our own projected dreams — L.C.Eiseley >
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