Word · Frequency #7118
equate
使相等；视为同等
to consider or treat one thing as being the same as or equal to another thing
- 1.
To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).
认为相等或等同。
- 2.
To set as equal.
设定为相等。
等同；相等；认为相等或等同。；设定为相等。；使相等；视为平等
In use
Many people equate wealth with happiness, but money alone does not bring joy.
In her speech, the manager equated hard work with success and encouraged everyone to keep trying.
Don't equate intelligence with education; many intelligent people never went to college.
equate A with B
常用结构，表示将两个事物视为等同。
Many people equate intelligence with academic success.
许多人把智力与学业成功划等号。
equate A to B
与equate A with B用法类似，可互换。
Some critics equate the novel to a modern masterpiece.
一些评论家将这部小说等同于现代杰作。
be equated with sth
被动语态，强调客观关系。
Connections
Collocations
- equate with
- 等同于；把...与...等同
- Many people equate wealth with happiness.许多人把财富等同于幸福。
- equate to
- 相当于；等同于
- Your opinion does not equate to fact.你的意见不等于事实。
- be equated with
- 被等同于
- Success in this context should not be equated with financial gain.在这种情况下，成功不应等同于金钱收益。
- cannot equate
- 不能等同
- We cannot equate these two situations because they are fundamentally different.我们不能将这两种情况等同起来，因为它们根本不同。
- mistakenly equate
- 错误地等同
- Some people mistakenly equate intelligence with knowledge.有些人错误地把智力等同于知识。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：equate = equal（相等）去掉一个l加上ate（吃），即‘使相等’。注意拼写区别。
Context & Register
多用于学术或正式场合，表示视两者相等，常见于数学、逻辑等分析性语境
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the ending /eɪt/ and rhyme with the stressed syllable of 'equate'. Note that 'equate' is stressed on the second syllable, but the rhyme matches the vowel and following consonants.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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