equate

英 [ɪ'kweɪt] 美[ɪ'kwet]

GRE低频词扩展词汇CET6+TEM8

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

equate (v.): early 15c., "to make similar or the same; to balance or harmonize; distribute (ingredients) uniformly; reduce to evenness or smoothness; to set (a fracture)," from Latin aequatus "level, levelled, even, side-by-side," past participle of aequare "make even or uniform, make equal," from aequus "level, even, equal" (see equal (adj.)). Earliest use in English was of astrological calculation, then "to make equal;" meaning "to regard as equal" is early 19c. Related: Equated; equating.

1. 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。

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。

4. You can't equate passing examination and being intelligent.: 你不能把考试及格看成是聪明.