To equalize a situation means to give everyone the same rights or opportunities, for example in education, wealth, or social status.
例句
Women in Indonesia have secured modern divorce laws that equalize the rights of husbands and wives...印度尼西亞婦女已經獲得了現代離婚法的保護，享有和丈夫同等的權利。Such measures are needed to equalize wage rates between countries.需要采取這樣的措施實現各國工資率的均等。
VERB
（體育運動中）追平比分；打成平局
In sports such as football, if a player equalizes, he or she scores a goal that makes the scores of the two teams equal.
例句
Keegan equalized with only 16 minutes remaining...基根在僅剩下16分鐘時追平了比分。They showed little sign of equalising the Portsmouth striker's glorious 55th-minute shot.絲毫沒有跡象表明他們會追平樸次茅斯隊前鋒在第55分鐘時的精彩進球。