知識擴展
常用短語
is equal to 等于
equal opportunity 機會均等
equal size 等含量；大小均勻
Equal Right 平等權利；平等權
詞語辨析
equivalent,identical,equal,same
這些詞皆含相同，相等之意。
equivalent相等的，特指“價值，效力，意義”等相同的。如：This sentence is equivalent to that
identical相同的，相等的，側重于某一細節上完全相同。如：She wore the identical dress on both occasion(她在兩種場合穿同樣的衣服。)
equal相同的，相等的，特指“數量，價值等”相同。如：Their ages are equal
same相同的，表示在質量、類型、外表或意義上相同，而實際上有差異。如：He is of about the same age as you.
equal 記憶方法
equal相關的詞根或詞綴是:
equequi
equal相等的，平等的adj.
equ 平等；相等，平均 + al …的 → 相等的，平等的
中文詞源：
equal 平等的
來自拉丁文aequus,平衡，相等。
equal
精選例句
1、 It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons – a number equal to 24 to percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.
據計算，當其數量達到最高點時，有30多億只信鴿——這一數字相當于美國鳥類總數量的24%至%，因此它可能是世界上數量最多的鳥類。
2、 In fact, when it comes to the art of war, ants have no equal.
事實上，說到戰爭的藝術，螞蟻是無人能敵的。[機器自動翻譯，如有錯誤，感謝糾錯]
1、 The biggest gains go to countries that import most of their oil like China, Japan, and India, But doesn't the extra money in the pockets of those countries' consumers mean an equal loss in oil producing countries, cancelling out the gains?
中國、日本和印度等石油進口大國獲得了最大的收益，但這些國家的消費者口袋里多出來的錢，難道不意味著石油生產國也會蒙受同樣的損失，從而抵消了收益嗎?
1、 I）The equal protection clause of the US Constitution prohibits separation of students by sex in public education that's based on precisely this kind of over broad generalizations about the different talents, capacities, or preferences of males and females.
美國憲法的平等保護條款禁止在公共教育中按性別分開學生，這種做法正是基于對男女不同天賦、能力或偏好的寬泛概括。
1、 If connections can be bought, a basic premise of democratic society – that all are equal in treatment by government – is undermined.
如果關系可以被收買，民主社會的一個基本前提——政府對所有人一視同仁——就會受到破壞。
常見考點例句：
- China became equal but extraordinarily poor .
- 中國變得平等但相當貧困。
- Now the numbers are roughly equal .
- 但是現在工作機會基本平等。
- Not all taxes are created equal .
- 并非所有的稅收都是平等的。
- The effect is equal parts hilarious and shocking .
- 短暫歡鬧和震驚的效果是相等的。
- Of equal importance are the personal sacrifices .
- 同樣重要的還有個人的犧牲。