equivalent vs. equivalency

equivalent vs. equivalency

辨析:前者是后者的形容词形式,分别是“等价的”和“等价性”。注意前者也可以作为名词表示“等价物”。

例句:
The first two messages in Figure 2 and Figure 3 perform equivalent actions.
On the Chinese equivalent of YouTube, "OMG" has garnered more than seven million views.
There is a tendency by some Western commentators and journalists to forward moral equivalency in the name of balance.

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