Equal

['i:kwəl] or ['ikwəl]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; 'let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office'; 'The company matched the discount policy of its competitors'.

(verb.) be identical or equivalent to; 'One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!'.

(verb.) be equal to in quality or ability; 'Nothing can rival cotton for durability'; 'Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues'; 'Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents'.

(adj.) having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; 'on equal terms'; 'all men are equal before the law' .

埃米尔校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.

(a.) Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task.

(a.) Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement.

(a.) Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.

(a.) Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.

(a.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed.

(a.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.

(n.) One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal."

(n.) State of being equal; equality.

(v. t.) To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen/urate with.

(v. t.) To make equal return to; to recompense fully.

(v. t.) To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality.

校對:塞尔玛

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Like, alike, tantamount, equivalent; of the same extent, measure, degree, or value.[2]. Uniform, even, regular, equable.[3]. Impartial, unbiassed, equitable, fair, just, even-handed.[4]. Proportionate, commensurate.[5]. Adequate, competent, fit, of sufficient strength or ability.

n. Peer, compeer, fellow.

v. a. [1]. Equalize, make equal, make alike.[2]. Rival, rise to the same level with.[3]. Be adequate to, be equal to, be commensurate with.

校對:塔玛拉

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Uniform, commensurate, co-ordinate, adequate, alike, equivalent, even, equable,sufficient, impartial, co-extensive, smooth

ANT:[See INEQUAL], incommensurate, inco-ordinate, inadequate, disparate, variable

整理:梅

解釋/意思:

adj. identical: of the same value: adequate: in just proportion: fit: equable: uniform: equitable: evenly balanced: just.—n. one of the same age rank &c.—v.t. to be or to make equal to:—pr.p. ē′qualling; pa.p. ē′qualled.—n. Equalisā′tion the act of making equal: state of being equalised.—v.t. E′qualise to make equal.—adj. and n. Equalitār′ian of or pertaining to the equality of mankind.—n. Equal′ity the condition of being equal: sameness: evenness.—adv. E′qually.—n. E′qualness the state of being equal: evenness: uniformity.—v.t. Equāte′ to reduce to an average or to a common standard of comparison: to regard as equal:—pr.p. equāt′ing; pa.p. equāt′ed.—ns. Equā′tion the act of making equal: (alg.) a statement of the equality of two quantities: reduction to a mean proportion; Equā′tor (geog.) a great circle passing round the middle of the globe and dividing it into two equal parts: (astron.) the equinoctial.—adj. Equatō′rial of or pertaining to the equator.—n. an instrument for observing and following a celestial body in any part of its diurnal course.—adv. Equatō′rially so as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.—Equal to the occasion fit or able for an emergency.—Equation of time the reduction from mean solar time to apparent solar time.—An equal (Spens.) a state of equality.—Personal equation any error common to all the observations of some one person any tendency to error or prejudice due to the personal characteristics of some person for which allowance must be made.

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