tantamount

英 ['t?nt?ma?nt] 美['t?nt?'ma?nt]

英英釋義實用場景例句

TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

tantamount 無異于，一樣壞

來自短語 tant amount,等同，一致，來自拉丁語 tantus,一樣的，一致，來自 tam,因此，所以，詞源同 tandem,this,that.主要用于貶義修飾。

tantamount: tantamount: [17] Tantamount means etymologically ‘a(chǎn)mounting to as much’. It comes from an earlier verb tantamount ‘a(chǎn)mount to as much as, be equal to’, which was a lexicalization of the Anglo-Norman expression tant amunter ‘a(chǎn)mount to as much’. This was made up of tant ‘a(chǎn)s 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.)).

2. If he resigned it would be tantamount to admitting that he was guilty.: 他若辭職就等于承認(rèn)自己有錯。

3. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war.: 這次侵略就相當(dāng)于宣戰(zhàn).

4. Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.: 她的自白簡直等于一篇即席說明.

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.: 忽視或忘記過去無異于篡改歷史，凡是讀過《動物農(nóng)場》的人都知道那會導(dǎo)致什么后果。