e.g.In this regard, germany is the advanced economy counterpart to emerging markets in asia and latin america.在這壹點上看來,德國是發達經濟體中算得上亞洲和拉美新興市場競爭對手的國家。
His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.
他所在的政黨剛剛經歷了壹次類似心臟病突發般幾近致命的打擊。
Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years' salary for a government worker.
即使是最便宜的汽車,價格也相當於壹個公務員70年的薪水。
另外,equivalent的詞性有n.\adj. 作為形容詞表示”相等的;等效的;相當於“,而counterpart只可以用作n.
e.g.That doesn't mean the two systems are equivalent.
這並不意味著兩種體系是等同的。