equivalent

same, identical, very, equal, equivalent

这些形容词均含“相同的”之意。
same: 可指相同的人或物，也可指在质量、外表或意义等方面相同，但实际上有差别的事物。
identical: 着重指人或物等在每细节上都完全相同。
very: 侧重指完全同一，没有区别。
equal: 多指在价值等方面相当而不相同的事物。
equivalent: 主要指有同样价值、效力或意义的两种不同的事物。

名词 equivalent:

1. a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
2. the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
   同义词：equivalent weight, combining weight, eq

形容词 equivalent:

1. equal in amount or value
   同义词：like, equal, same
2. being essentially equal to something
   同义词：tantamount

1. Middle C is equivalent to 256 vibrations per second.
   中央C音相当於每秒钟振动256次。
2. A dime is equivalent to ten pennies.
   一角等于十分。
3. He told me that middle C is equivalent to 256 vibrations per second.
   他告诉我说中央C音相当于每秒振动256次。
4. An explosive force equivalent to that of1,000 metric tons of TNT.
   千吨当量相当于1,000公吨TNT炸药的爆炸力
5. What is 5 equivalent to in French francs?
   5英镑相当於多少法国法郎?
6. Changing his job like that is equivalent to giving him the sack.
   那样调换他的工作等于是解雇了他。
7. He changed his pounds for the equivalent amount in dollars.
   他把英镑兑换成等值的美元。