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tantamount

/tan-tuh-mount/US // ˈtæn təˌmaʊnt //UK // (ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt) //

等同于,相当于,等于,等于等于

Related Words

identical相同的,同样的,一样的,相同commensurate相称的,相应的,相称,同量级的alike类似于,同类,类似的,有如duplicate重复,重复的,复写,复制equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的equivalent相当于,相等的,等价物,相等indistinguishable无差别,无区别的,无差别的,无差异like喜欢,像,如,喜爱parallel平行,平行的,平行线,纬度synonymous同义词,同义,同义的,代名词uniform统一,制服,统一的,划一very非常,很,十分,非常的selfsame一样的,相同的,同样的,一样as good as不亚于,不下于,不啻于,不啻为

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.same
Synonyms
commensurate相称的,相应的,相称,同量级的identical相同的,同样的,一样的,相同alike类似于,同类,类似的,有如as good as不亚于,不下于,不啻于,不啻为duplicate重复,重复的,复写,复制equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的equivalent相当于,相等的,等价物,相等indistinguishable无差别,无区别的,无差别的,无差异like喜欢,像,如,喜爱parallel平行,平行的,平行线,纬度same as等于,等同于,等于是,等selfsame一样的,相同的,同样的,一样synonymous同义词,同义,同义的,代名词uniform统一,制服,统一的,划一very非常,很,十分,非常的

Examples

  • The judge also acknowledged that the government request was tantamount to a life sentence.

  • Employing the familiar War on Terror tagline “If you see something, say something,” the gubment would have us believe that dropping a wee turd on the sand is tantamount to dropping a suitcase bomb on the subway.

  • His ideas were so revolutionary that many saw them as tantamount to a call for a second Reformation.

  • The only caveat I would raise is if there are a very small number of aides whose identity is known when releasing the number would be tantamount to identifying them.

  • To this aide, these attacks were tantamount to “asking to intervene on the side of ISIS.”

  • Turing was offered the option of two years in prison or oestrogen injections—tantamount to chemical castration.

  • He was given the choice of two years in prison or oestrogen injections, tantamount to chemical castration.

  • Being shamed by her church was tantamount to losing her community and her job.

  • For them the 18-day search for the Israeli teens and the manhunt for their captors was tantamount to collective punishment.

  • The alterations were indeed small; but the alteration even of a letter was tantamount to a declaration of independence.

  • Witness his conception, in The Broken Heart, of a loveless marriage as tantamount to adultery.

  • To try and compel them to pay was tantamount to placing liberty and even life in jeopardy.

  • Indeed, to call a work of art purely and simply "scientific," is tantamount to saying that it is dry and uninspired by the muse.

  • Now this would be tantamount to conceiving the definition of a thing that did not exist, which is impossible.

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