单词
tantamount
英 ['t?nt?ma?nt]
美['t?nt?'ma?nt]
基本信息
- adj. 同等的；相当于…的
TEM8GRE低频词畅通词汇
中文词源
tantamount 无异于，一样坏
来自短语 tant amount,等同，一致，来自拉丁语 tantus,一样的，一致，来自 tam,因此，所以， 词源同 tandem,this,that.主要用于贬义修饰。
英文词源
- tantamount
- tantamount: [17] Tantamount means etymologically ‘amounting to as much’. It comes from an earlier verb tantamount ‘amount to as much as, be equal to’, which was a lexicalization of the Anglo-Norman expression tant amunter ‘amount to as much’. This was made up of tant ‘as much’, which came via Old French from Latin tantus, and amunter, ancestor of English amount.
=> amount, paramount - 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.)).
双语例句
- 1. What Bracey is saying is tantamount to heresy.
- 布雷西的言论简直就是异端邪说。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war.
- 这次侵略就相当于宣战.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.
- 她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. To neglect or forget aspects of the past is tantamount to rewriting history, and anyone who has read Animal Farm knows where that can lead.
- 忽视或忘记过去无异于篡改历史，凡是读过《动物农场》的人都知道那会导致什么后果。
来自柯林斯例句
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