知识扩展
常用短语
is equal to 等于
equal opportunity 机会均等
equal size 等含量；大小均匀
Equal Right 平等权利；平等权
词语辨析
equivalent,identical,equal,same
这些词皆含相同，相等之意。
equivalent相等的，特指“价值，效力，意义”等相同的。如：This sentence is equivalent to that
identical相同的，相等的，侧重于某一细节上完全相同。如：She wore the identical dress on both occasion(她在两种场合穿同样的衣服。)
equal相同的，相等的，特指“数量，价值等”相同。如：Their ages are equal
same相同的，表示在质量、类型、外表或意义上相同，而实际上有差异。如：He is of about the same age as you.
equal 记忆方法
equal相关的词根或词缀是:
equequi
equal相等的，平等的adj.
equ 平等；相等，平均 + al …的 → 相等的，平等的
中文词源：
equal 平等的
来自拉丁文aequus,平衡，相等。
equal
精选例句
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.
据计算，当其数量达到最高点时，有30多亿只信鸽——这一数字相当于美国鸟类总数量的24%至%，因此它可能是世界上数量最多的鸟类。
2、 In fact, when it comes to the art of war, ants have no equal.
事实上，说到战争的艺术，蚂蚁是无人能敌的。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
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?
中国、日本和印度等石油进口大国获得了最大的收益，但这些国家的消费者口袋里多出来的钱，难道不意味着石油生产国也会蒙受同样的损失，从而抵消了收益吗?
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.
美国宪法的平等保护条款禁止在公共教育中按性别分开学生，这种做法正是基于对男女不同天赋、能力或偏好的宽泛概括。
1、 If connections can be bought, a basic premise of democratic society – that all are equal in treatment by government – is undermined.
如果关系可以被收买，民主社会的一个基本前提——政府对所有人一视同仁——就会受到破坏。
常见考点例句：
- China became equal but extraordinarily poor .
- 中国变得平等但相当贫困。
- Now the numbers are roughly equal .
- 但是现在工作机会基本平等。
- Not all taxes are created equal .
- 并非所有的税收都是平等的。
- The effect is equal parts hilarious and shocking .
- 短暂欢闹和震惊的效果是相等的。
- Of equal importance are the personal sacrifices .
- 同样重要的还有个人的牺牲。