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- equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.（在价值、数量、功能、意义等方面）相等的, 相同的, 等同的：
one unit is equivalent to one glass of wine.
一个单位等于一杯酒。
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- predic.
equivalent to
having the same or a similar effect as等效的： some regulations are equivalent to censorship.
有些规定起到了审查作用。
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- Mathematics belonging to the same equivalence class【数】等价的, 同解的。
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- a person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.（在价值、数量、功能、意义等方面）对等的人（或事物）, 对应的人（或事物）：
the French equivalent of the Bank of England.
与英格兰银行对应的法国银行。
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- （亦作 equivalent weight）Chemistry the mass of a particular substance that can combine with or displace one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen, used in expressing combining powers, especially of elements【化】当量。
派生词
equivalence
nounequivalency
nounequivalently
adverb词源
late Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank)： via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- 'being of equal worth', from the verb aequivalere, from aequi- 'equally' + valere 'be worth'.