1.equivalent to 等于,折合
Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.
八公里約等于五英里。
The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings.
歹徒提出要給他一筆相當于他一年收入的錢。
2.climb to 爬到;爬升到
The minister's climb to power had taken 8 years.
這位部長花了八年的工夫攀升到權貴之尊。
2. It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill.
爬到山頂上去是很費勁的。
3.promise to 承諾;保證
Claire had made me promise to tell her the truth.
克萊爾要我保證把真相告訴她。
We can't promise to publish a reply as space is limited.
由于版面有限,我們不能保證把回復登載出來。
4.in order to 為了
In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.
為安全起見,該元件作了電絕緣處理。
Clearly, the police cannot break the law in order to enforce it.
顯然,警方不能為了執法而犯法。