match, equal, rival

same, identical, very, equal, equivalent

名詞 equal:

1. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
   同義詞：peer, match, compeer

動詞 equal:

1. be identical or equivalent to
   同義詞：be
2. be equal to in quality or ability
   同義詞：touch, rival, match
3. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
   同義詞：match, equalize, equalise, equate

形容詞 equal:

1. well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
2. equal in amount or value
   同義詞：like, equivalent, same

1. Now that she has been promoted she is on equal terms with her ex-boss.
   她既然已升級，就和原先的上司平起平坐了。
2. She feels equal to the task.
   她認為能勝任該項工作。
3. Women demand equal pay for equal work.
   婦女要求同工同酬。
4. He feels that they are his equals.
   他覺得他們和他地位相等。
5. None of us can equal her, either in beauty or as a dancer.
   不管是容貌還是舞藝我們都比不上她。

e.qual

adj.Abbr. eq.（形容詞）縮寫 eq.
Having the same quantity, measure, or value as another.
相當?shù)模壕哂信c其他事物相同的數(shù)量、長度或價值
Mathematics Being the same or identical to in value.
【數(shù)學】 等值的：價值相同或相等的

Having the same privileges, status, or rights:
相等的：具有同樣的特權，地位或權力：
例句：
equal before the law.
法律面前人人平等

Being the same for all members of a group:
同等的：對群體中的成員人人同等：
例句：
gave every player an equal chance to win.
給每一個運動員同等的獲勝機會

Having the requisite qualities, such as strength or ability, for a task or situation:
勝任的：具備所需要的條件，如體力或能力，以應付一項工作或局面：
例句：
.Elizabeth found herself quite equal to the scene.(Jane Austen)
.伊麗莎白知道自己能應付得了這個場面.(簡·奧斯汀)

Adequate in extent, amount, or degree.
足夠的：有足夠長度、數(shù)量或程度的
Impartial; just; equitable.
公平的；公正的；無私的
Tranquil; equable.
平靜的；穩(wěn)定的
Showing or having no variance in proportion, structure, or appearance.
無差別的：比例、結構或外觀無變化的
n.Abbr. eq.（名詞）縮寫 eq.
One that is equal to another:
同等的人：與另一人相同的人：
例句：
Are men and women equals in physical strengthô
在體力上男人和女人相同嗎ô

v.tr.（及物動詞）
e.qualed 或 e.qualled e.qual.ing 或 e.qual.ling e.quals 或 e.quals
To be equal to, especially in value.
等值：與…相等，尤其用在價格方面
To do, make, or produce something equal to:
生產(chǎn)、制作或創(chuàng)造出與…相同的事物：
例句：
equaled the world record in the mile run.
平了一英里跑的世界紀錄

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin aequ3lis
源自 拉丁語 aequ3lis
from aequus [even, level]
源自 aequus [平坦的，水平的]

【引伸】
e.qually
adv.（副詞）
It has been argued thatequal is an absolute term— two quantities either are or are not equal—and hence cannot be qualified as to degree.Therefore one cannot logically speak ofa more equal allocation of resources among the departments. However, this usage was accepted by 7 percent of the Usage Panel in an earlier survey.What is more, objection to the usage betrays a widespread but questionable assumptionthat it is in mathematics and logic that we find the model of accuracy most appropriate to the everyday use of language,a supposition that also underlies traditional grammatical discussions of words such asunique, parallel, and center. According to this account,the .precise. or .literal. meaning ofequal is realized in the use of the equal sign in an arithmetic expression such as 5 + 2 = 7; and the ordinary-language uses of the term,though they may be permissible,represent .loose. or .imprecise. extensions of that sense.But in fact the mathematical concept of equality is a poor model for using the wordequal to describe relations between things in the world. As applied to such things,statements of equality are always relative to an implicit standard of tolerance.When someone saysThe two boards are of equal length, we assume that the equality is reckoned to some order of approximation determined by the context;if we did not,we would be required always to usenearly equal when speaking of the dimensions of physical objects. What is more,we often want to predicate equality of things that do not admit of quantitative measurement,as when we sayThe college draft was introduced in an effort to make the teams in the National Football League as equal as possible, orThe candidates for the job should all be given equal consideration. In all such cases,equality is naturally a gradient notionand so is amenable to modification in degree.This much is evident from the existence of the wordunequal. The prefixun- attaches only to gradient adjectives: we sayunmanly but not unmale; and the worduneven can be applied to a surface (whose evenness may be a matter of degree) but not to a number (whose evenness is an either-or affair). ·The adverbequally is generally regarded as redundant when used in combination with as, and the following examples employingequally as were termed unacceptable by '3 percent of the Usage Panel in an earlier survey:
單詞equal 一向被認為是一個很絕對的詞語—— 兩個數(shù)量要么相同要么不同——這樣就不能有程度上的差別。所以，如果有人說在各部門間對資源更公平的分配 ，那么就不合邏輯了。 但是這種用法在早先的用法調(diào)查中被百分之七十一用法使用小組的人接受。而且，對這種用法的反對體現(xiàn)出了一種很流行但卻值得懷疑的假設，那就是我們從數(shù)學和邏輯中得出適用于日常語言準確性的實例，而這種假設也可從我們對一些詞，如unique，parallel 和 center 傳統(tǒng)的語法討論中體現(xiàn)出來。 根據(jù)這個解釋，equal .準確.或.書面.的意思則是由在算術表達式，如5+2=7中所運用的相同的符號而表達清楚的； 而該詞在日常語言中的用法，雖然被允許，但卻代表了其含意.松散.或.不嚴謹.的引申。但是實際上用數(shù)學概念上的相等來運用equal 這個詞描述世上各種事物之間的關系是一個很差勁的例子。 當該詞應用于生活中的事物時，相等的觀念往往與暗含的容忍相關聯(lián)。當有人說兩塊木板同樣長 時， 我們會認為由于上下文的關系，相等可以被看作大約近似；如果我們不這樣想，那么當我們談到物體的尺寸時，就要經(jīng)常使用nearly equal 。 另外，我們常常會預測和數(shù)量無關的事物的相同性，比如我們會說，引入大學的要求是為了使全國足球聯(lián)合會中的各隊盡可能平等 ， 或者應給予該項工作的應征者同等的考慮 。 在所有這些例子中，相等是個可變化的概念，所以可在程度有所不同。Unequal 這個詞的存在就是很好的證明。 un- 這個前綴只附加于有程序變化的形容詞， 我們說unmanly 但不說 unmale ； 而uneven 這個詞只能用于某物的表面（其平坦可有程度上的差別）， 而不能用于數(shù)目（數(shù)目只能說相等或不相等）。Equally 這一副詞在與 as 連用時通常被認為是多余的， 在早先的用法調(diào)查中，以下這些使用equally as 的句子遭到百分之六十三使用小組的人反對：
例句：
Experience is equally as valuable as theory.
經(jīng)驗與理論有同樣的價值。

例句：
Equally as important is the desire to learn.
求知的渴望也同樣重要。

In the first example, deleteequally; in the second, deleteas. The solution to this usage problem usually involvesusingas alone when a comparison is explicit andequally alone when it is not. See Usage Note at as center ,parallel ,perfect ,unique
在第一個例子中，可以刪掉equally ； 在第二個例子中，刪掉as 。 對這種錯誤用法的解決方法往往在于：當被比較的事物很明確時，單獨使用as ； 當被比較的事物不明確時，單獨使用equally 參見 ascenter,parallel,perfect,unique