match, equal, rival

same, identical, very, equal, equivalent

名詞 equal:

1. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
   同義詞：peer, match, compeer

動(dòng)詞 equal:

1. be identical or equivalent to
   同義詞：be
2. be equal to in quality or ability
   同義詞：touch, rival, match
3. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
   同義詞：match, equalize, equalise, equate

形容詞 equal:

1. well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
2. equal in amount or value
   同義詞：like, equivalent, same

1. Now that she has been promoted she is on equal terms with her ex-boss.
   她既然已升級(jí)，就和原先的上司平起平坐了。
2. She feels equal to the task.
   她認(rèn)為能勝任該項(xiàng)工作。
3. Women demand equal pay for equal work.
   婦女要求同工同酬。
4. He feels that they are his equals.
   他覺得他們和他地位相等。
5. None of us can equal her, either in beauty or as a dancer.
   不管是容貌還是舞藝我們都比不上她。

e.qual

adj.Abbr. eq.（形容詞）縮寫 eq.
Having the same quantity, measure, or value as another.
相當(dāng)?shù)模壕哂信c其他事物相同的數(shù)量、長(zhǎng)度或價(jià)值
Mathematics Being the same or identical to in value.
【數(shù)學(xué)】 等值的：價(jià)值相同或相等的

Having the same privileges, status, or rights:
相等的：具有同樣的特權(quán)，地位或權(quán)力：
例句：
equal before the law.
法律面前人人平等

Being the same for all members of a group:
同等的：對(duì)群體中的成員人人同等：
例句：
gave every player an equal chance to win.
給每一個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員同等的獲勝機(jī)會(huì)

Having the requisite qualities, such as strength or ability, for a task or situation:
勝任的：具備所需要的條件，如體力或能力，以應(yīng)付一項(xiàng)工作或局面：
例句：
.Elizabeth found herself quite equal to the scene.(Jane Austen)
.伊麗莎白知道自己能應(yīng)付得了這個(gè)場(chǎng)面.(簡(jiǎn)·奧斯汀)

Adequate in extent, amount, or degree.
足夠的：有足夠長(zhǎng)度、數(shù)量或程度的
Impartial; just; equitable.
公平的；公正的；無(wú)私的
Tranquil; equable.
平靜的；穩(wěn)定的
Showing or having no variance in proportion, structure, or appearance.
無(wú)差別的：比例、結(jié)構(gòu)或外觀無(wú)變化的
n.Abbr. eq.（名詞）縮寫 eq.
One that is equal to another:
同等的人：與另一人相同的人：
例句：
Are men and women equals in physical strengthô
在體力上男人和女人相同嗎ô

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
e.qualed 或 e.qualled e.qual.ing 或 e.qual.ling e.quals 或 e.quals
To be equal to, especially in value.
等值：與…相等，尤其用在價(jià)格方面
To do, make, or produce something equal to:
生產(chǎn)、制作或創(chuàng)造出與…相同的事物：
例句：
equaled the world record in the mile run.
平了一英里跑的世界紀(jì)錄

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Latin aequ3lis
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) aequ3lis
from aequus [even, level]
源自 aequus [平坦的，水平的]

【引伸】
e.qually
adv.（副詞）
It has been argued thatequal is an absolute term— two quantities either are or are not equal—and hence cannot be qualified as to degree.Therefore one cannot logically speak ofa more equal allocation of resources among the departments. However, this usage was accepted by 7 percent of the Usage Panel in an earlier survey.What is more, objection to the usage betrays a widespread but questionable assumptionthat it is in mathematics and logic that we find the model of accuracy most appropriate to the everyday use of language,a supposition that also underlies traditional grammatical discussions of words such asunique, parallel, and center. According to this account,the .precise. or .literal. meaning ofequal is realized in the use of the equal sign in an arithmetic expression such as 5 + 2 = 7; and the ordinary-language uses of the term,though they may be permissible,represent .loose. or .imprecise. extensions of that sense.But in fact the mathematical concept of equality is a poor model for using the wordequal to describe relations between things in the world. As applied to such things,statements of equality are always relative to an implicit standard of tolerance.When someone saysThe two boards are of equal length, we assume that the equality is reckoned to some order of approximation determined by the context;if we did not,we would be required always to usenearly equal when speaking of the dimensions of physical objects. What is more,we often want to predicate equality of things that do not admit of quantitative measurement,as when we sayThe college draft was introduced in an effort to make the teams in the National Football League as equal as possible, orThe candidates for the job should all be given equal consideration. In all such cases,equality is naturally a gradient notionand so is amenable to modification in degree.This much is evident from the existence of the wordunequal. The prefixun- attaches only to gradient adjectives: we sayunmanly but not unmale; and the worduneven can be applied to a surface (whose evenness may be a matter of degree) but not to a number (whose evenness is an either-or affair). ·The adverbequally is generally regarded as redundant when used in combination with as, and the following examples employingequally as were termed unacceptable by '3 percent of the Usage Panel in an earlier survey:
單詞equal 一向被認(rèn)為是一個(gè)很絕對(duì)的詞語(yǔ)—— 兩個(gè)數(shù)量要么相同要么不同——這樣就不能有程度上的差別。所以，如果有人說(shuō)在各部門間對(duì)資源更公平的分配 ，那么就不合邏輯了。 但是這種用法在早先的用法調(diào)查中被百分之七十一用法使用小組的人接受。而且，對(duì)這種用法的反對(duì)體現(xiàn)出了一種很流行但卻值得懷疑的假設(shè)，那就是我們從數(shù)學(xué)和邏輯中得出適用于日常語(yǔ)言準(zhǔn)確性的實(shí)例，而這種假設(shè)也可從我們對(duì)一些詞，如unique，parallel 和 center 傳統(tǒng)的語(yǔ)法討論中體現(xiàn)出來(lái)。 根據(jù)這個(gè)解釋，equal .準(zhǔn)確.或.書面.的意思則是由在算術(shù)表達(dá)式，如5+2=7中所運(yùn)用的相同的符號(hào)而表達(dá)清楚的； 而該詞在日常語(yǔ)言中的用法，雖然被允許，但卻代表了其含意.松散.或.不嚴(yán)謹(jǐn).的引申。但是實(shí)際上用數(shù)學(xué)概念上的相等來(lái)運(yùn)用equal 這個(gè)詞描述世上各種事物之間的關(guān)系是一個(gè)很差勁的例子。 當(dāng)該詞應(yīng)用于生活中的事物時(shí)，相等的觀念往往與暗含的容忍相關(guān)聯(lián)。當(dāng)有人說(shuō)兩塊木板同樣長(zhǎng) 時(shí)， 我們會(huì)認(rèn)為由于上下文的關(guān)系，相等可以被看作大約近似；如果我們不這樣想，那么當(dāng)我們談到物體的尺寸時(shí)，就要經(jīng)常使用nearly equal 。 另外，我們常常會(huì)預(yù)測(cè)和數(shù)量無(wú)關(guān)的事物的相同性，比如我們會(huì)說(shuō)，引入大學(xué)的要求是為了使全國(guó)足球聯(lián)合會(huì)中的各隊(duì)盡可能平等 ， 或者應(yīng)給予該項(xiàng)工作的應(yīng)征者同等的考慮 。 在所有這些例子中，相等是個(gè)可變化的概念，所以可在程度有所不同。Unequal 這個(gè)詞的存在就是很好的證明。 un- 這個(gè)前綴只附加于有程序變化的形容詞， 我們說(shuō)unmanly 但不說(shuō) unmale ； 而uneven 這個(gè)詞只能用于某物的表面（其平坦可有程度上的差別）， 而不能用于數(shù)目（數(shù)目只能說(shuō)相等或不相等）。Equally 這一副詞在與 as 連用時(shí)通常被認(rèn)為是多余的， 在早先的用法調(diào)查中，以下這些使用equally as 的句子遭到百分之六十三使用小組的人反對(duì)：
例句：
Experience is equally as valuable as theory.
經(jīng)驗(yàn)與理論有同樣的價(jià)值。

例句：
Equally as important is the desire to learn.
求知的渴望也同樣重要。

In the first example, deleteequally; in the second, deleteas. The solution to this usage problem usually involvesusingas alone when a comparison is explicit andequally alone when it is not. See Usage Note at as center ,parallel ,perfect ,unique
在第一個(gè)例子中，可以刪掉equally ； 在第二個(gè)例子中，刪掉as 。 對(duì)這種錯(cuò)誤用法的解決方法往往在于：當(dāng)被比較的事物很明確時(shí)，單獨(dú)使用as ； 當(dāng)被比較的事物不明確時(shí)，單獨(dú)使用equally 參見 ascenter,parallel,perfect,unique