equivalent
英英释义：someone or something that has the same size, value, importance, or meaning as someone or something else.
例句： I am from Shanxi, the Chinese geographical equivalent of Ohio. （我来自山西，在地理上相当于美国的俄亥俄州）
" equivalent " 是“等同物” “对应物”，在口语中用来介绍他人可能不熟悉的概念或事物。帮助他人快速解释一件大事，提高沟通效率，当我们想表达A是B的对应物，或者A相当于B时，就可以用到这个词。
滴滴就是“ the Chinese equivalent of Uber / Lyft."
微博就是“ the Chinese equivalent of Twitter."
京东就是” the Chinese equivalent of Amazon."
《梁祝》就是“ the Chinese equivalent of Romeo and Juliet."
深圳的南山区或者北京的中关村就是”the Chinese equivalent of Silicon Valley."
从以上几个例子可以看出，“equivalent”背后其实是一种换位思考，用对方较为熟悉的概念来帮助他们认识新事物，常见的格式是在“equivalent”前面加上一个形容词，表示A在某方面与B相对应。“
《经济学人》在一篇讲俄罗斯电信的文章中就用到了两次equivalent：
Mr. Durov, who founded VK, Russia's equivalent of Facebook, before emigrating, says Telegram has seen no significant drop in engagement. VK 就是俄罗斯的Facebook
Russia has no equivalent of China's automatic " great firewall" - it updates its blacklists manually - but such a possibility is "growing ever closer ", wrote Sarkis Darbinyan of Roskomsvoboda, a digital-rights group. 如果某物并没有对应物，就可以说“ has no equivalent of......
使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查“equivalent”，了解其作为名词的常用搭配。
- 搭配Ad j. direct ~ , exact ~, nearest ~ 直接相等的事物/完全相等的事物/最近似的事物。 approximate ~, modern ~, 近似的东西/现代的对等事物；
- 搭配Verb. have / has ~, 有对应的事物；a word which has no direct equivalent in English.
- 搭配Prep : ~ for, ....的对等事物 ; There is no exact male equivalent for witches. 没有和巫婆完全对等的男性角色。
~ in，在。。。方面等同；It is the approximate equivalent in height to the Matterhorn. 这个高度与马特洪峰接近。
~ of .....的对等事物； This qualification is the equivalent of a degree. 这个资格相当于大学学位。
~ to 与。。。等同；This concert hall has been described as the American equivalent to London's Albert Hall.
作业
1. 翻译
中国武侠小说作家金庸，常被人称为是中国的斯坦李。
- Jin Yong is extensively regarded as the Chinese equivalent of Stan Lee.
- Jin Yong, a Chinese martial arts novelist, is widely regarded as the Chinese equivalent of Stan Lee, the legendary American comic book writer.
* (A martial art is one of the methods of fighting, often without weapons, that come from the Far East, for example lungful, karate, or judo.)
2.造句
～场景：知乎常被人称为中国的Quora, 高质量内容信息平台
～造句 1： Zhihu is generally regarded as the Chinese equivalent of Quora.
~ 造句 2 : Zhihu, a knowledge sharing platform, is comprehensively regarded as Chinese equivalent of Quora, a place to share and grow the world's knowledge.