equal是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. /n. /vt. 相等的, 相等于, 相等匹敌，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Indeed, each man consumes, in one hour, the oxygen contained in more than 176 pints of air, and this air, charged (as then) with a nearly equal quantity of carbonic acid, becomes unbreathable.
-- Here is a preserve of sea-cucumber, which a Malay would declare to be unrivalled in the world; here is a cream, of which the milk has been furnished by the cetacea, and the sugar by the great fucus of the North Sea; and, lastly, permit me to offer you some preserve of anemones, which is equal to that of the most delicious fruits."
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "If," said Hermione at last, "we could only realise, that in the spirit we are all one, all equal in the spirit, all brothers there the rest wouldn't matter, there would be no more of this carping and envy and this struggle for power, which destroys, only destroys."
-- I meant two single equal stars balanced in conjunction ""You gave yourself away, you gave away your little game completely," she cried, beginning at once to eat.
-- She is your equal like anything probably your superior."
-- The idea flew through them: "All men are equal on earth," and they would carry the idea to its material fulfilment.
-- "All men are equal in spirit, they are all sons of God.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- However, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive congregation; and he preached good God!what a sermon; divided into FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY parts, each fully equal to an ordinary address from the pulpit, and each discussing a separate sin!Where he searched for them, I cannot tell.
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