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equivalent of something
collocation
If something is the equivalent of something else, it has the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc. as it:
These athletes are the modern equivalent of the ancient gladiators.
He runs the equivalent of three marathons a week.
See
equivalent
In skating, ice sweepers serve as the equivalent of ball girls and boys in tennis.
Try to avoid typing in capital letters, as some people think that it's the printed equivalent of shouting.
Ten thousand people a year die of the disease – that's the equivalent of the population of this town.每年有一万人死于这种疾病——该数字相当于这个城镇的总人口。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Similar and the same
adjacent
affinity
akin
alike
allied
ballpark
be no better than (a) somethingidiom
congruent
ditto
equivalence
equivalency
equivalent
equivalent to something
equivalently
non-distinctive
not make any differenceidiom
of the kindidiom
one and the sameidiom
respecter
synonymous
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