If one amount or value is the equivalent of another, they are the same.
例句
The equivalent of two tablespoons of polyunsaturated oils is ample each day...每天相當于兩大湯匙多重不飽和油的量就足夠了。Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years' salary for a government worker.即使是最便宜的汽車，價格也相當于一個公務員70年的薪水。
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相等物;對應物；對應者
The equivalent of someone or something is a person or thing that has the same function in a different place, time, or system.
例句
...the civil administrator of the West Bank and his equivalent in Gaza.約旦河西岸的民政官和加沙的同職官員...the Red Cross emblem, and its equivalent in Muslim countries, the Red Crescent.紅十字及其在伊斯蘭國家的對應標志——紅月牙
N-SING
（強調效果的強烈或嚴重）相當于…的事情
You can use equivalent to emphasize the great or severe effect of something.
例句
His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.他所在的政黨剛剛經歷了一次類似心臟病突發般幾近致命的打擊。