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- [transitive] equalize something
to make things equal in size, quantity, value, etc. in the whole of a place or group 使平等；使均等；使相等 a policy to equalize the distribution of resources throughout the country 使资源在全国分配均衡的政策 We need to equalize the workload among the teaching staff. 我们需要使教学人员的工作量相等。
- [intransitive] (British English)
(especially in football (soccer) 尤指足球 to score a goal that makes the score of both teams equal 扳平比分 Kane equalized early in the second half. 凯恩在下半场早些时候扳平比分。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘be equal to’): from equal + -ize, partly suggested by French égaliser.