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commensurate

/kuh-men-ser-it, -sher-/US // kəˈmɛn sər ɪt, -ʃər- //UK // (kəˈmɛnsərɪt, -ʃə-) //

相称的,相应的,相称,同量级的

Related Words

compatible兼容的,兼容,相容的,可兼容的comparable可比的,可比拟的,相当于,可比较sufficient充分,足够的,充分的,足够consistent一致的,一致性,一致性的,一致proportionate相称的,适度的,适度,有比例的appropriate适当的,适当,恰当的,适宜的due应有的,应付,应有,应得的equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的equivalent相当于,相等的,等价物,相等fit适合,适应,合适的,合身symmetrical对称的,对称,对称性,对称性的coextensive共通的,共存的,共存,共通性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
    • : proportionate; adequate: a solution commensurate to the seriousness of the problem.
    • : having the same measure; of equal extent or duration.
    • : having a common measure or divisor; commensurable.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.adequate, corresponding
Synonyms
comparable可比的,可比拟的,相当于,可比较compatible兼容的,兼容,相容的,可兼容的consistent一致的,一致性,一致性的,一致proportionate相称的,适度的,适度,有比例的sufficient充分,足够的,充分的,足够appropriate适当的,适当,恰当的,适宜的coextensive共通的,共存的,共存,共通性的due应有的,应付,应有,应得的equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的equivalent相当于,相等的,等价物,相等fit适合,适应,合适的,合身fitting契合,适宜,适宜的,拟合in accord符合,符合条件的,符合规定的,符合的symmetrical对称的,对称,对称性,对称性的

Examples

  • It’s moving cement and metal at a speed that is commensurate with the molecules that you’re moving in your lab.

  • Now is the right opportunity to complete the transformation of Lifeline to broadband and expand its utilization by increasing the benefit to a level commensurate with the broadband marketplace and making the benefit directly available to end users.

  • For months, The Inquirer, Spotlight PA and ProPublica have investigated this and other issues, including whether school leaders and board members have fulfilled that mission to a degree commensurate with the charity’s vast resources.

  • He’s working on the most efficient season of his career, playing well enough defensively to merit serious consideration for his third All-Defense selection, and he has now been paid at a level commensurate with his impact.

  • While she’s happy about the successes of captive breeding and cloning, Bly says that there hasn’t been a commensurate amount of money made available for reintroduction and management of wild ferrets.

  • Nevertheless, commensurate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions have not been made.

  • University graduates often find they cannot get jobs commensurate with their education skills.

  • The titles themselves suggest palpable weirdness and un-wellness, a departure from reality commensurate with joining a cult.

  • But it has not delivered at a level of ambition commensurate with the scale of the crisis.

  • The effort invested in “getting it right” should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.

  • Its blessings were not commensurate with its evils; but the evils were less than those which previously existed.

  • He had become suddenly a person of substance-an associate of men of consequence, with a commensurate income.

  • The Jews confessed their sins to their rabbis, and the penance or punishment was commensurate with their guilt.

  • If they have any evil design to which there is no ordinary legal power commensurate, they bring it into Parliament.

  • It is, indeed, difficult for the pastor to adopt a policy commensurate with modern demands.

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