commeasurable

commeasurable — 形容詞

  • commeasurablepositive
  • more commeasurablecomparative
  • most commeasurablesuperlative

1. matching another thing in size, amount, or degree, so the two seem fair or balan

1.形容詞C2
釋義

相稱的；相當

在大小或程度上彼此相配的

matching another thing in size, amount, or degree, so the two seem fair or balanced when set against each other

例句

Élise asked for a salary commeasurable with her years of teaching experience.

Élise 要求一份與她多年教學經驗相稱的薪水。

commeasurable with + noun: matching in amount

The committee felt the reward was hardly commeasurable with Tunde's huge effort.

委員會覺得那份獎勵和 Tunde 付出的巨大努力幾乎不相稱。

常見搭配
  • commeasurable with the effort
  • commeasurable with the crime
  • commeasurable with experience
  • hardly commeasurable with
同義詞
  • commensurate

    the common modern form carrying the same meaning

  • proportionate

    everyday word for matching the size or amount of something

  • comparable

    stresses being similar enough to set side by side, not exact matching

反義詞

文法句型

commeasurable with + noun

be commeasurable with

用法筆記

Almost always followed by 'with' plus the thing being compared. A rare, old-fashioned word; in modern writing 'commensurate' or 'proportionate' is far more common.

常見錯誤

Their two cars are commeasurable in colour.
Their two cars are similar in colour.
commeasurable is about matching size or degree, not general likeness.

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常見搭配

副詞搭配

  • roughly commeasurable
  • barely commeasurable

常用片語

  • commeasurable with the crime
  • a reward commeasurable with the work

介系詞搭配

  • commeasurable with