• adj. 同等的；相當(dāng)于…的

來自短語 tant amount,等同，一致，來自拉丁語 tantus,一樣的，一致，來自 tam,因此，所以， 詞源同 tandem,this,that.主要用于貶義修飾。

tantamount

tantamount: [17] Tantamount means etymologically ‘a(chǎn)mounting to as much’. It comes from an earlier verb tantamount ‘a(chǎn)mount to as much as, be equal to’, which was a lexicalization of the Anglo-Norman expression tant amunter ‘a(chǎn)mount to as much’. This was made up of tant ‘a(chǎn)s much’, which came via Old French from Latin tantus, and amunter, ancestor of English amount.
=> amount, paramount

tantamount (adj.)

1640s, from verbal phrase tant amount "be equivalent" (1620s), from Anglo-French tant amunter "amount to as much" (late 13c.), from Old French tant "as much" (11c., from Latin tantus, from tam "so;" see tandem) + amonter "amount to, go up" (see amount (v.)).

1. What Bracey is saying is tantamount to heresy.

布雷西的言論簡直就是異端邪說。

來自柯林斯例句

2. If he resigned it would be tantamount to admitting that he was guilty.

他若辭職就等于承認(rèn)自己有錯。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war.

這次侵略就相當(dāng)于宣戰(zhàn).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.

她的自白簡直等于一篇即席說明.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. To neglect or forget aspects of the past is tantamount to rewriting history, and anyone who has read Animal Farm knows where that can lead.

忽視或忘記過去無異于篡改歷史，凡是讀過《動物農(nóng)場》的人都知道那會導(dǎo)致什么后果。

來自柯林斯例句