equate
verb /ɪˈkweɪt/
/ɪˈkweɪt/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they equate | /ɪˈkweɪt/ /ɪˈkweɪt/ |
| he / she / it equates | /ɪˈkweɪts/ /ɪˈkweɪts/ |
| past simple equated | /ɪˈkweɪtɪd/ /ɪˈkweɪtɪd/ |
| past participle equated | /ɪˈkweɪtɪd/ /ɪˈkweɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form equating | /ɪˈkweɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈkweɪtɪŋ/ |
- equate something (with something) to think that something is the same as something else or is as important
同等看待；使等同 - Some parents equate education with exam success.
有些父母认为教育就是考试成绩优秀。 - 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。
- Invention and progress do not necessarily equate with improvement.
发明和进步不一定意味着改进。 - It's hard to equate this gentle woman with the monster portrayed in the newspapers.
很难将这个文雅的女子与报纸上描述的魔鬼画等号。 - Money cannot be equated with happiness.
金钱和幸福之间不能画上等号。 - The constellations in the night sky cannot be directly equated with the heroes of Greek mythology.
夜空中的星座不能直接与希腊神话中的英雄相等同。 - We are taught to equate beauty with success.
我们受到的教育让我们把美丽和成功等同起来。 - crudely equating happiness with a high income
粗浅地将幸福等同于高收入
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- roughly
- simply
- …
- can
- be difficult to
- be hard to
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- with
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘make equal, balance’): from Latin aequat- ‘made level or equal’, from the verb aequare, from aequus ‘even, level, equal’. Current senses date from the mid 19th cent. - Some parents equate education with exam success.