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commensurately

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

相应地,相应的,相当于,相称地

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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.

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Examples

  • We need to shift institutions to serve the public interest in ways that are commensurate with the nature and scale of the challenges we face.

  • Ambitious meaning in the range of a 45% to 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on 2005 levels by 2030, a level commensurate with Europe.

  • Lindsey Purcell, a master arborist and urban forestry expert at Purdue University, said the amount of tree clearing should be commensurate with the amount of power that runs through the line.

  • And if more than one of these elements are to be considered, how are they to be treated commensurately?

  • But this change has not commensurately affected the German universities.

  • But they have not improved either in marching or in fighting at all commensurately with the improved appliances.

  • The feeling of loyalty which the child has for his home does not extend commensurately to the school.

  • Presently it was apparent that as the distance from Yellow Sky grew shorter, the husband became commensurately restless.