tantamount
美音:[´tæntə´maunt
]
英音:[´tæntə´maunt
]
adj.等价
难易程度:
tantamount为短语/超纲词汇
近义词, 同义词
equal even level monotonous symmetrical coordinate on a par with on a level with on a footing with up to the mark equivalent tantamount indistinguishable homologous synonymous resolvable into convertible much the same as the same thing as as good as all one all the same equalized drawn half and half isochronal isochronous
tantamount
/'tæntəmaʊnt; `tæntə,maunt/
adj [pred 作表语] ~ to sth equal in effect to sth; as good as sth 与某事物效果相等; 与某事物相同
*The King's request was tantamount to a command. 国王的要求就相当于命令.
* Her statement is tantamount to a confession of guilt. 她的供述等于认罪
adj [pred 作表语] ~ to sth equal in effect to sth; as good as sth 与某事物效果相等; 与某事物相同
*The King's request was tantamount to a command. 国王的要求就相当于命令.
* Her statement is tantamount to a confession of guilt. 她的供述等于认罪
tantamount
adj
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: tantamount 'something equal in value' (1600-1700), from Anglo-French tant amunter 'to amount to as much']
be tantamount to sth
if an action, suggestion, plan etc is tantamount to something bad, it has the same effect or is almost as bad
To leave a dog home alone is tantamount to cruelty.
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: tantamount 'something equal in value' (1600-1700), from Anglo-French tant amunter 'to amount to as much']
be tantamount to sth
if an action, suggestion, plan etc is tantamount to something bad, it has the same effect or is almost as bad
To leave a dog home alone is tantamount to cruelty.
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