单词 | tantamount |
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音标 | ['tæntəmaunt] |
解释 | a.与…相等的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj.与…相等的(equi valent in value, significance, or effect) 【考】 反义词:incommensur ate(不相称的) 【记】 tant(相等)+amount( 数量)→等量的 【例】 He considered the note tantamount to a declaration of war. |
字源 | 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.)). |
不择手段背单词 | adj. (在效果或价值上)与...相等的; 相当的 【记】tant相等, amount数量-相等的 【反】incommensurate(adj 不相称的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】tant 相等,相近 + amount 数量;distant 疏远看成dis不 + tant 近 |
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