Equate



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 认为...相等或相仿
• ［英］ v. 认为...相等或相仿 ( to treat, represent, or regard as equal, equivalent, or comparable ［equates disagreement with disloyalty］)
• ［记］ equ ( 相等) +ate ( 表动词) -> 使平等

Webster Collegiate

verb (equated; equating)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin aequatus, past participle of aequare
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to make equal ; equalize
    • b. to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard or obtain a correct result
  • 2. to treat, represent, or regard as equal, equivalent, or comparable <equates disagreement with disloyalty>
• intransitive verb
  • to correspond as equal

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