English Dictionary

equate

/ɪˈkweɪt/

verb

(transitive) To consider equal or equivalent. / (transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.

I equate success with happiness.

意味（1）

(transitive) To consider equal or equivalent.

意味（2）

(transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.

Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.