★作形容词时，意为：①同等的，相等的；②平等的；③能胜任的，能应付的。如：

　Women demand equal pay for equal work.

　All countries, big and small, should be equal.

　She feels equal to doing the work.

　The old man was not equal to the situation.

★作动词时，意为：①与......相等，等于；②比得上，敌得过。如：

　An hour equals 60 minutes.

　This young man is equalled by no one in strength.

★作名词时，意为"同等的人，相等物"。常用短语：be without equal / have no equal 无与伦比，无敌。如：

　She treats the people who work for her as her equals.

　His writings are without equal.

【即学即练】写出下面句子中equal的词性和中文释义。

1. They believe that all work is of equal value. ________ ________

2. He believes that all men and women are equal. ________ ________

3. Two plus two equals four. ________ ________

4. No one can equal him in table tennis. ________ ________

5. The boss should treat all the workers as equals. ________ ________

6. I'm sure Barbara is quite equal to the position in this company. ________ ________

答案

calm

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1. Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened.

2. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

3. 他以他一贯的冷静态度接受了她的决定。

equal

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