equate

英 [iˈkweɪt]

美 [iˈkweɪt]

v.  同等看待; 使等同

过去分词：equated　第三人称单数：equates　现在分词：equating　过去式：equated　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7118 / COCA.7997

短语用例

equate to sth

• 相当于；等于
  to be equal to sth else
  1. Some parents equate education with exam success.
     有些父母认为教育就是考试成绩优秀。
  2. I don't see how you can equate the two things.
     我不明白你怎么能把这两件事等同起来。

牛津词典

verb

• 同等看待；使等同
  to think that sth is the same as sth else or is as important
  1. Some parents equate education with exam success.
     有些父母认为教育就是考试成绩优秀。
  2. I don't see how you can equate the two things.
     我不明白你怎么能把这两件事等同起来。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 把…相提并论;与…等同
  If youequateone thingwithanother, or if you say that one thingequates withanother, you believe that they are strongly connected.
  1. I'm always wary of men wearing suits, as I equate this with power and authority...
     我向来提防穿西服的男人，因为我认为穿西服就等同于权力和权威。
  2. The author doesn't equate liberalism and conservatism...
     该作者没有将自由主义和保守主义相提并论。
  3. The principle of hierarchy does not equate to totalitarian terror.
     等级制度在原则上并不等同于极权主义恐怖。

英英释义

verb

• make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
  1. let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office
  2. The company matched the discount policy of its competitors
  Synonym:equalmatchequalizeequalise
• consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
  1. We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans
  2. You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed
  Synonym:compareliken
• be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
  Synonym:correspond

双语例句

• The disease and decay equate to the thought-form of birth, death and rebirth.
  疾病和溃烂等同于出生、死亡和再生的思想形态。
• This is such a popular product that many people actually equate Chinese ceramics with blue and white.
  这是一个受欢迎的产品，中国陶瓷几多人等同与蓝色和白色的。
• The author doesn't equate liberalism and conservatism
  该作者没有将自由主义和保守主义相提并论。
• We equate money, success, and prestige with happiness.
  我们将快乐建立在金钱、成功和威信之上。
• With the development of information technology, we can equate simply technology of TV with media technology no longer.
  信息技术的发展，让我们不能再简单地把传媒技术和电视技术等同起来。
• If we equate satisfying the customer with quality, then process can potentially have a negative effect on quality.
  如果我们将满足顾客的需求与质量等同看待，那么过程就会对质量产生潜在的负面作用。
• You must not equate appearance with essence.
  你不能把现象和本质等同起来。
• The problem is that your target market will probably equate low costs with poor quality and a second-rate brand.
  问题是你目标市场的客人们，或许会把低价产品等同于劣质产品和次等品牌。
• You cannot equate his poems with his plays.
  你不可以把他的诗歌和他的剧本相提并论。
• This is unacceptable to most people because people irrationally equate short-term volatility with risk.
  这对多数人来说是不可承受的，因为人们会非理性地将短期波动等同于冒险。