To mathematicians, a chair is equivalent to an apple; a mug—at least, one with a handle—is like a doughnut.
对于数学家而言,一把椅子相当于一个苹果;一个杯子——至少是有把手的——就像一个油炸圈饼。
I was all too glad to be paid the equivalent of $10 per program and fed steamed pork buns during the taping.
我太高兴了,因为每一期节目能得到相当于10美元的报酬,而且在录制过程中还能吃到蒸猪肉包。
The most elementary form of moral reasoning—the ethical equivalent of learning to crawl—is to weigh others' interests against one's own.
道德推理的最基本形式——在道德上相当于学会爬行——是将他人的利益与自己的利益进行权衡。
There is one stubborn question for which archaeology has yet to provide any answers: how did the Lapita accomplish the ancient equivalent of a moon landing, many times over?
有一个考古学家还没有给出任何答案的棘手问题:拉皮塔人是如何在远古时代完成相当于现今多次登月一样的任务?
If they want to change an item in the budget, they will have to propose equivalent cuts elsewhere.
如果他们想要改变预算中的一个款项,必须得提出其他等值的削减。
When you compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart is hope.
当你比较智力相当的学生和他们过去的学业成就时,(会发现)让他们与众不同的是希望。
The information conveyed by the olfactory signals on a buck rub make it the social equivalent of some auditory signals in other deer species, such as trumpeting by bull elk.
雄鹿的摩擦印记发出的嗅觉信号所传递的信息,使其与某些其他鹿类的听觉信号,比如公麋鹿的号角声,产生了相同的社会效果。
What we need is an indoor equivalent of GPS.
我们需要一款室内GPS装置。
You could be the equivalent of a hero in an epic.
你还可以跟史诗中的英雄媲美。
It's the mental equivalent of eating junk food all day.
心理上就相当于吃了一整天垃圾食品。
The verbal equivalent of about 150 average-length books!
这些字大约相当于150本中等篇幅的书。
That's almost the equivalent of driving around the earth three times.
这长度相当于绕地球三周的距离。
It's the biological equivalent of opening the throttle of an engine.
这就在生物学上等同于打开了发动机的节流阀。
Cleaning up our energy habits is indeed the moral equivalent of war.
改变我们的能源使用习惯已经成为一场刻不容缓的道德战争了。
Use of upper-case words is the equivalent of shouting in some one's ear.
大写字母相当于对准别人的耳朵大喊大叫。
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the earth in a lifetime.
人平均一生走的路相当于绕地球三圈。
This is roughly equivalent to the human age range of six to nine, Dr. Kahlenberg said.
这大致等同于人类六岁到九岁之间的年龄范围。”卡伦博格博士如是说。
Both methods are essentially equivalent, and neither is necessarily better than the other.
两种方法本质上是等效的,没有哪一种方法一定比另一种方法更好。
"Its impact will be the equivalent of adding sound to movies or colour to TV," he says.
“它的影响力之大,就如同给电影加入了声音或电视加上了色彩,”他认为。
Just by adopting this simple habit, you can gain the equivalent of multiple college degrees.
养成这一简单的习惯,你就相当于拿下了几个学士学位。
For me and many Chinese, coming to visit to India is the equivalent of a spiritual pilgrimage.
对我和很多中国人来说,到印度观光,就相当于一次精神朝圣。
A digital signature serves as the computer equivalent of a handwritten signature or thumb print.
数字签名相当于计算机中的手写签名或者手印。
Publishing the source code of a program is the equivalent of publishing the proof of a theorem.
公布一个程序的源代码与公布一个定理的证明是一样的。
This focusing power is equivalent to the ability to read a newspaper at a distance of half a mile.
其强大聚焦功能,相当于半英里开外阅读一份报纸。
This focusing power is equivalent to the ability to read a newspaper at a distance of half a mile.
其强大聚焦功能,相当于半英里开外阅读一份报纸。
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