tantamount 英 [ˈtæntəmaʊnt] 　 美 [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt]

tantamount

tantamount　 英 [ˈtæntəmaʊnt] 美 [ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt]

adj. 同等的；相当于…的　

One would have to completely disregard such overwhelming evidence to the contrary that it would be tantamount to intellectual suicide.　人们将必须完全无视那些占绝对优势的证据，相反的，如果不这样，就等同于智力自杀。
Meanwhile, a vote to indict someone in Japan is tantamount to a conviction – more than 99% of those indicted ultimately receive guilty verdicts.　同时，在日本，检察官的起诉决定几乎与有罪判决无异——因为超过99%的起诉决定最终都能获得有罪判决。

  • When something is tantamount to another thing it is essentially its equivalent. For some animal activists, wearing fur is tantamount to murder.
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  • adj. 同等的；相当于…的

  • 1. One would have to completely disregard such overwhelming evidence to the contrary that it would be tantamount to intellectual suicide.

    人们将必须完全无视那些占绝对优势的证据，相反的，如果不这样，就等同于智力自杀。

  • 2. Meanwhile, a vote to indict someone in Japan is tantamount to a conviction – more than 99% of those indicted ultimately receive guilty verdicts.

    同时，在日本，检察官的起诉决定几乎与有罪判决无异——因为超过99%的起诉决定最终都能获得有罪判决。

  • tantamount (adj.) 1640s, from verbal phrase tant amount "be equivalent" (1620s), from Anglo-French tant amunter "amount to as much" (late 13c.), from Old French tant "as much" (11c., from Latin tantus, from tam "so;" see tandem) + amonter "amount to, go up" (see amount (v.)).
tan·ta·mount / ˈtæntəmaʊnt ; NAmE ˈtæntəmaʊnt / adjective tantamountto sth ( formal) having the same bad effect as sth else 无异于；等于；效果与…一样坏 ◆ If he resigned it would be tantamount to admitting that he was guilty. 他若辞职就等于承认自己有错。 tan·ta·mount / ˈtæntəmaʊnt ; NAmE ˈtæntəmaʊnt /
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