| 释义 | equivalent to something collocation
 having the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc. as something else:
 At that time, five dollars was equivalent to about three pounds sterling.
 The territory of modern Iraq is roughly equivalent to that of ancient Mesopotamia.
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 equivalentAn imperial gallon is equivalent to 4546 cubic centimetres.
 It's important to stress that this qualification is not equivalent to a degree.
 The law would require polluters to remove an amount of carbon from the atmosphere equivalent to the volume they emit.
 Is $50 equivalent to about £30?50美元是不是大约相当于30英镑?
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Similar and the same
 adjacent
 affinity
 akin
 alike
 allied
 ballpark
 be no better than (a) somethingidiom
 congruent
 ditto
 equivalence
 equivalency
 equivalent
 equivalent of something
 equivalently
 non-distinctive
 not make any differenceidiom
 of the kindidiom
 one and the sameidiom
 respecter
 synonymous
 
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