Equivalent means being the same value or amount as something else.
If they want to change an item in the budget, they will have to propose equivalent cuts elsewhere.
如果他们想要改变预算中的一个款项,必须在其他方面提出等值的削减。
Equivalent is having the same function in a different place, time, or system.
a decrease of 10 in property investment compared with the equivalent period in 1991.
与1991年相比,房产投资降低10%。
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If one amount or value is the equivalent of another, they are the same.
Mr Li's pay is the equivalent of about $80 a month.
李先生的报酬大约等于每月80美元。
The equivalent of two tablespoons of polyunsaturated oils is ample each day.
每天摄入相当于两餐匙的多链不饱和油就足够了。
Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years' salary for a government worker.
即便是最便宜的车也相当于一个政府员工70年的工资。
The equivalent of someone or something is a person or thing that has the same function in a different place, time, or system.
the Red Cross emblem, and its equivalent in Muslim countries, the Red Crescent.
红十字徽章,及其在穆斯林国家的对应标志 -- 红新月。
You can use equivalent to emphasize the great or severe effect of something.
His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.
他的政党刚经历了一次类似心脏病发作的几近致命的打击。