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commensurate adj.相称的；成比例的；适当的 (1) 他得到一份与他能力相称的工作。(2) 薪金将会与资历相称。(3) 工资将会与你的年龄和经历相称。 When things are commensurate, they're fair, appropriate, and the right size. If you got a ticket for jaywalking, you shouldn't get ten years in prison — that penalty is not commensurate with the crime. The word commensurate is usually followed by with or to; one thing is commensurate with or to another.

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英 [kə'menʃərət] 美 [kə'menʃərət] (1) He was given a job commensurate with his abilities.(2) Salary will be commensurate with experience.(3) The salary will be commensurate with your age and experience. The word commensurate has to do with things that are similar in size and therefore appropriate. Many people think the death penalty is a commensurate punishment for murder. In other words, the penalty fits the crime. 1[ADJ 形容词](比例)相当的，相称的 If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.   [v-link ADJ with/to n]  [FORMAL 正式]Employees are paid salaries commensurate with those of teachers...给员工的薪水与老师拿的薪水相当。Managers saw a commensurate fall in their revenues.经理们发现自己的收入相应地减少了。commensuratelyJapanese real wages have not yet increased commensurately with the wealth of Japan...日本人的实际工资并没有随着国家财富的增长而相应增加。The gain will be commensurately modest.相应地，收益不会太多。

英语单词	commensurate
英美音标	英 [kə'menʃərət] 美 [kə'menʃərət]
中文释义	adj.相称的；成比例的；适当的
英语例句	(1) He was given a job commensurate with his abilities. (2) Salary will be commensurate with experience. (3) The salary will be commensurate with your age and experience.
中文例句	(1) 他得到一份与他能力相称的工作。 (2) 薪金将会与资历相称。 (3) 工资将会与你的年龄和经历相称。
vocabulary简明	The word commensurate has to do with things that are similar in size and therefore appropriate. Many people think the death penalty is a commensurate punishment for murder. In other words, the penalty fits the crime.
vocabulary扩展	When things are commensurate, they're fair, appropriate, and the right size. If you got a ticket for jaywalking, you shouldn't get ten years in prison — that penalty is not commensurate with the crime. The word commensurate is usually followed by with or to; one thing is commensurate with or to another.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词](比例)相当的，相称的 If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second. [v-link ADJ with/to n] [FORMAL 正式] Employees are paid salaries commensurate with those of teachers... 给员工的薪水与老师拿的薪水相当。 Managers saw a commensurate fall in their revenues. 经理们发现自己的收入相应地减少了。 commensurately Japanese real wages have not yet increased commensurately with the wealth of Japan... 日本人的实际工资并没有随着国家财富的增长而相应增加。 The gain will be commensurately modest. 相应地，收益不会太多。

Commensurate Penalty Salary Experience Word Things Crime Level